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🕑 Added 2025-03-06 16:16:04 +0000 UTCHere is the first item for the bug museum part 3 (the round butterfly exhibit room), the decor water fountain. It has lily pads in the water on 2 levels, and little planters on the sides. It's a higher poly item, with 10910 polygons.
A note on the poll: the 3rd voted for spot was a tie. I'm going to see if I can squeeze in both of the tied options anyway. I will do a Wheel of Names spin and post the results to see which one goes first.
Update (same day, 10:30 PM):
Made the wooden shelves for the potted plants and various items. There are 4 different ones. I've added a ton of slots to each of them, so any items can be placed wherever one wants. I also added a second, lighter swatch to each.
Update (Friday afternoon):
Added the first of the plants. This one has 2 different flower bloom colors by default, and I added some more swatches too. These items are again being taken from huge meshes with lots of items attached, and image files that have the textures for many items at once. I've taken the one item we need, and made a new image texture with just the parts from the original image that are needed, because huge files in the package will bloat the package file unnecessarily. I also added a new bump and specular map.
Update (Friday evening):
Added 8 more plants, an empty flower pot, and one of the seedling trays. Lots more to go!
Update (Friday night):
Added the bowl of water on a plate with little plants in the water. I added extra swatches of this item as well. If anyone wants some placeable animated butterflies, here is a item for that by Bakie on ModTheSims.
Update (late Friday night):
Added 4 more items: a second seedling tray that has plants growing in the cups, a tray of dirt, a watering can, and another plant. Extra swatches added to all items. I've positioned the shelves and items more to the way they are placed in ACNH so we can see where we are at. Still working through the plant decors βΊοΈπΊ
Update (1:33 am):
Added the curved planter that frames one of the entrances to this room. Made the round floor bricks as a rug, and a sand floor. Added a wall that I made out of some textures, to replicate the wire mesh windows. 24 items so far!
Update (4:00 am):
I tried to sleep, but I'm in pain tonight so that was a fail. I worked on the next items instead. I have made 2 windows with a translucent mesh window glass, like in ACNH. They let in light, and are partially see-through. There are 2 sizes, one is a bit taller. I also added an extra swatch to the build mode walls, in addition to a picture of the window, it has one that is just paint. It matches the real windows nicely.
Update (Saturday afternoon):
Added 2 versions of the wall leaf decor. They don't snap to the wall because the back is unevenly shaped, more appropriate for curved walls. They can be put into position with the 9-0 keys.
Update (Friday afternoon):
Added 4 hanging plant items, and the ring that floats above with vines and leaves on it. These items' heights are made in conjunction with one another, so that when you raise the ring with the 9-9 keys, you can raise the hanging baskets to the exact height you need as well and the strings will match up with the ring.
Update (Friday evening):
Added two gifs above to show the animated butterflies by Bakie (linked above). Added an entrance double door with the wire mesh in the glass, it is a remake of a base game door, so if you want just clear glass, that is available via base game. Edited the two skinny windows to be a bit more transparent.
Update (Friday night):
Added 1 more hanging planter, the one that is a slab of wood with 3 pots in it. Added extra swatches to this item too. I also added 3 slots to the curved ground planter for the small sign (bug museum set part 2) and the 2 little flower pots from this set. I think I'm ready to start double checking everything and getting things ready for the post, but I also have to try to go to sleep at a reasonable time tonight after my bad sleep last night (it is almost 9:30 pm where I am right now), so this set should be posted tomorrow! I'm loving the way this set has turned out, I hope you do too! π
