#oceansmotion

[oceansmotion]

Welcome to Gaudy Shore!

Power, fame, wealth— for decades, Sims have come to Gaudy Shore seeking fortune. On the outside, the glitz and glamour are dazzling, but the dark, seedy underbelly of the city casts a long shadow. Will these families shine bright, or will the shadow swallow them up?

Featuring 12 households, Gaudy Shore sees the return of some much beloved and missed families from Sims 1! Set 25 years in the future, this hood can be played as a companion hood to Pleasantview, or on its own.

Every family has their own storytelling album so make sure to check them out!

Keeping reading to learn about the families in Gaudy Shore!

Returning families:

The Mashuga Family

Content to dance the night away, - every night, for decades, - Frankie and Sylvia Marie have taken a hands-off approach to raising their children. Now that they're in their twilight years, what are their kids willing to do to get what they believe is owed to them?

The Hick-Charming Family

Elden only ever wanted what was best for his family, but somehow got himself involved in shady dealings. Charleigh is young and full of life, but will that get her into trouble with the boys? And will Clarke ever leave her bedroom?

The Jones-Smith Family

The Jones-Smith family has been a pillar of the community for decades, and the death of Chris has sent everyone reeling. Nick has vowed to honor his mother by setting his career aside to focus on his family, but that's easier said than done.

Michelle loves to dance, sing, and drink the night away, especially after the death of Mama Chris. Is her new interest in the town magnate genuine, or just another way to extend the party?

New Families:

The Banks Family

Rich, powerful, beautiful— the Banks family is known throughout town for everything beauty-related. Obsessed with only herself, will Arie uncover her husband's secrets? Lux thinks of himself as a good man, but is he really? Will Benjamin choose to follow his heart or his mind?

The Ramoz Family

Nora has always dreamt of being a famous movie star but has found mild success in the writing and voice acting world. Can that be enough for her, or will she strive for bigger and better things? Julien had his heart broken by his two best friends in the world. Can he ever forgive them? And will Carlos find himself involved in the shady underbelly of Gaudy Shore?

The Ermírio de Moraes Family

Wealthy, powerful, lonely, José has it all… except love. Is he blind to reality, or is this new relationship the real deal?

The Jenkins Family

Naive, sheltered Alyssa has lived her life under the strict thumb of her mother, Miriam. Will she be willing to ruin someone else's life to get the love and affection she's always desperately craved?

The Nelle Family

Quiet and reclusive, only a few Sims in town really know the Nelle family, but it doesn't take a genius to notice that something isn't quite right with them.

The Waltzman Family

Ever the partier, Wesley finally grew up and changed his outlook on life, but this has left him a little over protective of his sister, Wilma. Will he ruin her chances at happiness? And will he find love despite his ties to another?

Heartbroken for years, Wilma has finally gotten over her first love… or has she? She just met Donovan, but will her wandering eye lead her to her family's demise?

Four strangers living under one roof and a fresh divorce. Can Walda and Walter Waltzman get along after their divorce, or will they disrupt the perfect harmony Ines and Fernando Ermírio de Moraes have enjoyed for decades?

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Gaudy Shore features 12 playable households, 20 community lots, 3 apartment buildings, and 10 empty houses all built by me , except for Cafe Petit, a lot bin cafe (I like to think of it as a chain). Terrain also made by me. The hood comes with its own unique townies and strays; a few townies even own and work at some of the business around town!

This hood is not CC free but it isn't a lot

CC that I didn't use a lot of and the hood is fine without:

Wire Fencing by Cyclonesue on TSR

Stair Wall Fix by JRW on MTS

Photos & Plaques Hide with Walls Down by Numenor on MTS I used A LOT OF PICTURES taken with the career reward camera and the walls are very cluttered with photos, so I do recommend this mod.

Diagonal 3t2 Bungalow Windows by Nysha on MTS

Natural De Fences by Rosebine on MTS

CEP by Numenor on MTS

CC that will alter the hood significantly:

Bespoke Build Set by Bespoke on MTS

Shiftable Everything by Lamare on MTS

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I've been working on this hood on and off for a long time now, and I'm so happy that it's finally finished. It is definitely a labor of love and I hope you enjoy it <3 While Gaudy Shore was originally intended to be a subhood to complement Pleasantview, there are no ties to PV at all and can be played on its own. Please make sure to check out all the story images I included, I had a lot of fun taking them! For those adding the hood as a subhood, José, Michelle, and the Waltzman kids have which apartments they are supposed to be in at the end of their bios. And for the retirement home, I left it as a normal residential lot, but can also be converted into an apartment lot, or you can maybe use dorm doors, or mods to set each apartment to the correct Sim.

I have also gone through every Sim to set their intended names across all languages, so if your game is not in English, the Sims should still have the names I gave them!

Thank you to everyone that helped me along the way and play tested the hood for me, I really appreciate you <3

Download Mainhood || Mediafire Box

Download Subhood || Mediafire Box

If the names got scrambled, you can use this program from MTS to fix them, it's really easy! Can also be used to fix any other neighborhoods that get messed up :)

Please let me know if the subhood version works as intended and does not yeet itself out of the game, test on a testhood!

Edit: Only download ONE version at a time.

[nonsensical-pixels]

finally got to try out @oceansmotion's natosi! this is such an amazing neighborhood, and it's entirely cc-free! 😍 highly recommend it!

here are some family portraits of the families, too! have the basaras, eccentric roomies, fentys, landgraabs, marins, manleys, stutlers, and rowlands! they all have such incredibly intricate storylines and i can't wait to play them even more 👀

[emperorofthedark]

Hi, I love all your references and I'm so so happy to know that there are others out there that remember rule of rose <3 your pictures are stunning.

Thank you so much! RoR has had me in a stranglehold since I first saw the trailer for it on G4. Sometimes I think I should move on, but I never will. I'm so thankful there's so much overlap between the RoR fandom and the Sims because I love them both so much.

[plumbtales]

This is what I have for the exterior of 13 Dead End Lane so far. I shrunk the lot size with LotAdjuster and removed the graveyard.

I feel like if Olive is burying bodies in her yard she wouldn't have an obvious graveyard right there for the police to find.

I do love @oceansmotion's interpretation of the lot as an old church though! That would totally explain the graveyard.

The door leading to Ophelia's bedroom is blocked because only good teens have permission to go out. 😔

[brattyful]

Heyyyyyy guyss! it's been a while huh? lol! Anyway, here's something I've decided to share with you today, hope you guys like it! Recently, @blackswan-sims retextured these two hairs! but unfortunately, the polycount for both were unnecessarily high! Luckily, I was in the mood to play around in Blender and this is what I came up with! I'm also throwing in 2 more hairs that was just sitting in my folder and I thought maybe someone out there might be interested? Now to the download info below!

•～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～• Alessio Studio

OLD Polycount: 27,046 NEW Polycount: 14,407 Ages: Toddler - Elder Mesh: Coolsims/Alesso/Anto, converted by Martini I also resized the hair for toddlers so it looks closer to the adult version, comparison pics below!

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MF

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Cazy B-Day Gift C11

OLD Polycount: 27,778 NEW Polycount: 13,943 Ages: Teen - Elder Mesh: Cazy, converted by Cazy and teen stage added by Marja I lowered the hair just a tad bit to make the forehead because it was a little too high for me, unfortunately, there's a little bit of clipping with the chest as you can see from the picture below. Perhaps, I may go back and fix it in the future when I'm more experienced with milkshape/blender lol

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MF •～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～• S-Club Romee/LL 17

OLD Polycount: 22,400 NEW Polycount: 14,881 Ages: Child - Elder Mesh: S-Club, converted by Entropy-Sims

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MF

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Nightcrawler Lenore

OLD Polycount: 30,684 NEW Polycount: 15,375 Ages: Child - Elder Mesh: Nightcrawler, converted by Entropy-Sims This is entropy's conversion of Nightcrawler Lenore! @roxanna-moxie reduced the polycount on Ara-Fusili's conversion which you can find here! I decided to do this version mostly because it had a child stage which the other conversion didn't have lol!

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MF

•～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～••～• REMEMBER! THESE ARE ONLY THE MESHES! YOU CAN FIND THE TEXTURES OF YOUR CHOICE ON @krabbysims HAIR DATABASE! HAPPY SIMMING! Credits: Martini, Entropy-Sims, Cazy, Nightcrawler, Marja, S-Club, Blackswansims for the textures, Mrs-M'Quve for the textures, Fakeblood for the textures, and @oceansmotion for the amazing face templates!

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[goatskickin]

My sims keep spawning townie names?

Now, here I thought I'd have a nice little time playing @oceansmotion's Berrybury, when I get THIS ^ issue.

If you don't know, Berrybury is Shakespeare themed. So a name like 'Tara Tomyoy' is most certainly wrong.

Everyone in the whole hood has the wrong name :/

To be fair, this is not exclusive to this hood.

It's been happening in my main hood of Pitstop Valley too. The last name I've blacked out is not Springs-Eternal (Patrick's actual last name) but something generated. Also, he's a ghost.

These are certainly not the MacBeth's, lol. In my opinion, this started happening slowly after my big game change last December. I'm using 'Mr DJ' now, if you know what that is.

I can always change the names back in SimPE but what a pain! What's causing this? Is it some mod I have? I have no name mods that I can think of.

[themeasureofasim]

Bella moves into this house by @oceansmotion (I'm sorry, Dina).

[uberhood]

This ain't your grandma's uberhood.

...because it's the third time I've tried to tell this story and i don't want to get overwhelmed again.

I'm playing a Sims 2 megahood, mostly focusing on an edited Strangetown, but with most of the Maxis premades, and a few added quirks.

Read the whole story from the beginning here.

More about the uberhood, and my goals for the story, under the cut.

HOODS

Here are the neighbourhoods I'm currently playing in the uberhood:

@chrisnewbie 's Strangeytown as the base hood, and the one that definitely gets played in full rotation.

Pleasantview (for Lilith and Dustin)

Veronaville (for Miranda/Hermia/Puck)

Desiderata Valley (for John Mole and Natasha Una)

@penig's Widespot (for the drama + Sky Weiss).

@jawusa's Aileen Landing (which I've never actually played before!)

@oceansmotion 's Natosi (for the spooky ghost town vibes)

@hoodbuildinggroup's Sedona, for the vibes

hoodbuildinggroup's Shady Shores, because I love those toddlers and I want them to grow up well

Maxis stealth hoods for the Ottomi, Newsons, Gavigans, etc.

As a downtown, I've added @aondaneedles 's Copperhead City.

For our universities, we've got penig's Land Grant University, Maxis' La Fiesta Tech, and aonda's Cactus Canyon University.

For our vacation destinations, we've got topp's Felicity Island, jawusa's Moonbase Apollo, and Maxis' Three Lakes.

I'm not adding Belladonna Cove, because I'm not a masochist. I'm not adding Riverblossom Hills, because most of it bores me. (I might change my mind about this and add Jules O'Mackey and the Roths...) I'd love to add Douglasville and Arkhelios, because they fit the vibes, but neither of them seems to have a subhood version :(

STORY

I want to at least start the story low-stakes and work up to the harder, more emotionally hefty stuff. Part of the reason I've been struggling so hard with the Uberhood is that writing... like... the Grunts... is a challenge.

This is why the first couple chapters center mostly around lone weirdoes who don't have any ties to a grander story. I want to introduce some metaplot eventually, but I want to do it slowly.

CREDITS

The way I tell this story is heavily influenced by @simhealing's Uberhood, and I probably borrowed a bunch of headcanons from her without realizing. If you like what I'm doing here, go check her out.

Most of the CC I use is from @withlovefromsimtown , @whattheskell/@ts2repositoryproject , @platinumaspiration and/or @lordcrumps. I'm WCIF friendly, but if you see something and you don't know what it is, the odds are that it's from one of those four creators.

Thanks for reading! Have fun!

[mysterysimblr]

Forrest, Ivan, and Marina were settling in their new home by @oceansmotion.

[shibarulata]

Color Palette Game

@cora626 tagged me and I love color palettes! I tried to do Shibarulata but it just won't work. So I had to do Shiba Serrulata since rulata is Serrulata AKA cherry blossoms. So yeah :D

Victi- I mean mutuals: @profesionalpartyguest, @brattyful ,@oceansmotion , @beatricecrumplebottom , @thebigcj ,@spell-bloom

[profesionalpartyguest]

GC skip broke by @oceansmotion, makeover inspired by @socialbunny constant skiposting lol

[oceansmotion]

Aoife's Maxis Match Face Templates UPDATED.

Now less gendered, more consistent between ages, and with baby faces! More info and a bunch of pictures below.

Finally, after months, I have finished these. A long time ago now, I'd made my original templates but didn't really pay any mind to how gendered faces really are, and how inconsistent they are between each age. I love the Maxis faces, I just wanted them to look a little less lumpy, and to replace ones that I felt were redundant. Basically, I hated that with any given template, I couldn't really tell what a sim was going to look like as an adult because every face looked different at each stage!

So today I bring to you my less gendered Maxis Match templates, where I have chosen which face I felt was more iconic and matched the other gender with it, and then made every age look more like that template (including baby faces).

Martin Ruben can be a good example:

Yeah, sure, the eyes are the same, but that's pretty much where the likeness ends. A lot of the templates will do this, and some of the female faces suffered for it (jaws were outlawed on females in 2004, didn't you know?)

They aren't perfect but they're miles better than the originals! I also think they bring a lot more variety to faces, because I did notice that a lot of the templates would use face parts from entirely different templates! Face 2's eyes and face 1's nose are really popular, as well as yeeting jaws and chins out the window.

Faces 1 - 4

Faces 5 - 8

Faces 9 - 12

Faces 13 - 16

Faces 17 - 20

Faces 21 - 24

Faces 25 - 27

An example between AF and TF

and the same face as a child and toddler.

If you noticed in some of the pictures, the ears clipped through a few hairs, and that's because I also took the liberty of adding custom ear shapes to almost every face. No, it didn't occur to me to change the hairstyle I picked for photos until I was already on face 18 and didn't want to start over.

These aren't perfect, and maybe someday I'll go over them again to change more minute details, but for now, I'm very happy with how they turned out! Please let me know if there are any issues, I triple checked everything but I probably missed something somewhere.

Download || Mediafire Box

Credits: Meowingcookie on MTS for their baby face templates. I pretty much just used their baby faces with some tweaks to better match my changes.

@withlovefromsimtown for giving me the idea in the first place. I love their faces!

[nonsensical-pixels]

a rare 'maxis-match' upload, woo! @oceansmotion desperately needed this hat by @royimvu for brandi, so i've converted it to ts2 as a hat hair! the female version is paired with brandi's original hair, fhairbowltwist, and the male is paired with mhairsixty - vidcund's hair. they both use maxis textures!

they are both roughly 3k polys and are for teen-elder unisex together. as hat hairs, they're categorised as everyday, gym, outerwear, and swimwear. if you'd like this hat paired with any other hairs, feel free to suggest some, i just didn't want to clip as an accessory 😅

DOWNLOAD: SFS | MF 🥤

credits go to @royimvu on t$r for the original ts4 meshes and textures, plus maxis for the hairs themselves!

SWATCH

if there are any issues that you find with this set, please don't be afraid to let me know! happy simming, and when you download this, do keep in mind,

[mangotreesims]

they never knew peace and quiet existed till Lilith left

another baby on the horizon

if men have one thing, its the audacity. he better hope Mary-Sue doesn't catch him, cos i dont think a mental breakdown will help him this time if she does

@oceansmotion i love your reno's, absolute chef's kiss :*

could that be classed as a nepo friendship?? only becoming friends as they have other family members that are??

no doubt about it

new baby Caleb !!!

Angela served absolute c*nt whilst at prom!! Daniel is basically an octopus and Caleb is a toddler now!

[tank-grunt]

i looove oceansmotion's strangetown apartments but the lot size wasnt the right dimensions for the space i wanted to fill - so i just did what any normal well-adjusted person would do... took some measurements and just built my own apartment complex based on it with the adjustments i needed?

[yolkema]

welcome to mother's nature!

after the timely passing of the infamous mortimer goth, dina caliente inherited his immense wealth, securing what she had always strived for when she was younger; being rich! over the years, dina was living what most would call "the good life", living in her large four story mansion and being able to do... basically nothing all day and just relax, or whatever she felt like doing. of course, dina grew bored over time not really doing anything with her life, so she picked up flower arranging as a hobby since she didn't really have much else to do! she enjoys nature (her OTH), but she doesn't really strike me as someone who'd enjoy going outdoors a lot. she became relatively decent at her new hobby, so she had decided that it might be a good idea to put this money to some use and do something special with it. that is, of course, opening a florist shop where she can sell her creations (and plants from buy mode, of course) to the other sims of pleasantview.

the first day of work went pretty okay, minus the new town reviewer being annoying and giving her a bad review while he wasn't even there for that long... but at least the customers seem to be enjoying it so far?

credit goes to @oceansmotion for building this lot for me a long time ago, now it's been finally put to use the way i wanted to lol