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Posted 11th Dec 2011 at 2:44 PM - Updated 21st May 2013 at 7:09 PM by leesester - Viewed 112561 times. Direct link to this thread

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Tags: #dahlen, #bookcase, #slots, #leefish, #maxis match, #modern, #emptied

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This is a featured upload! It showcases the best talent and creativity available on MTS and in the community.

I was looking through the downloads and one of my favourite creators commented that she was building a library using the Dahlen bookcases from University. I thought hmm, I should empty those and stuff. So I did. I hope you like Doris Day

So this is what you get - 6 modular pieces, 4 of which are fully functional bookcases - if you leave them empty books appear from nowhere.... The two small bits are purely decorative and have NO bookcase functions. They have slots though. And slots - need books.

The books are purely decorative and have NO bookcase functions - there are two "types" of books - the fullshelves on the right of the picture (numbered 1 to 9) and the mini-stacks on the left (numbered 1 to 6). These books are placeable pretty much everywhere that you can place a small deco object.

I imagined that people might want to build book cases that went round corners so in the Dahlen extras file are some edge bits for the outer corners (like in the shot with the alien). The deco pieces will go over a door and the sim can still use the door - same for the edges - they are intersectable by objects and sims so there should be no routing issues.

Item	Catalog Location	Price	Subsets	Polygons
Empty Dahlen Bookcase	Hobbies/Knowledge	460	1	189
Small Empty Dahlen Bookcase	Hobbies/Knowledge	260	1	103
Dahlen Bit for the Corner	Hobbies/Knowledge	360	1	324
Dahlen Smaller Bit for the Corner	Hobbies/Knowledge	160	1	176
Dahlen Over the Corner Bit	Hobbies/Knowledge	50	1	118
Dahlen Over the Door Bit	Hobbies/Knowledge	50	1	78
Dahlen Bookcases Bit for Outer Corner	Deco/Sculptures	20	1	60
Dahlen Bookcases Short Bit for Outer Corner	Deco/Sculptures	20	1	58
Dahlen Bookcases Tiny Bit for Outer Corner	Deco/Sculptures	20	1	40
Dahlen Bookcases Trim	Deco/Sculptures/Misc	20	1	24
Dahlen Bookcases Other Trim	Deco/Sculptures/Misc	20	1	24
Bookstack#1	Deco/Sculptures	30	1	44
Bookstack#2	Deco/Sculptures	30	1	48
Bookstack#3	Deco/Sculptures	30	1	90
Bookstack#4	Deco/Sculptures	30	1	128
Bookstack#5	Deco/Sculptures	30	1	108
Bookstack#6	Deco/Sculptures	30	1	102
Bookstack#7	Deco/Sculptures	30	1	54
Bookstack#8	Deco/Sculptures	30	1	88
Bookstack#9	Deco/Sculptures	30	1	84
MiniStack#1	Deco/Sculptures	10	1	48
MiniStack#2	Deco/Sculptures	10	1	20
MiniStack#3	Deco/Sculptures	10	1	44
MiniStack#4	Deco/Sculptures	10	1	28
MiniStack#5	Deco/Sculptures	10	1	28
MiniStack#6	Deco/Sculptures	10	1	36
Intersection Changer	Surfaces/Misc	0	0	0

What files to download?

Usually I don't split uploads up like this - I hate having to download 50 million separate files instead of just one, so I hope you will forgive me for that, and here is the explanation of why I have done this.

If you are looking to use a collection file and want to keep things in the catalog tidy then there are COLLECTION files and CATALOG FILES. The items in the collection files will NOT show in the game catalog but only in the collection file. The CATALOG files will show in the catalog.
The Extras and bookstacks are just base - so there are only two options - collection or catalog.

The dahlen bookcase is a university item, but it is partly slaved to a basegame bookcase and uses a booktexture identical to the base game bookcase books. So - I made it basegame and slaved it to the Basegame Craftmeister Booknook. (GASP - now you now why I called it move over dahlen

.) However, as of FreeTime the functions of bookcases were expanded by EA and so in this upload there are BASEGAME (BG) and FreeTime and above (FT) files, split into CATALOG and COLLECTION.
I used the same GUIDS for all variations, so you can only have one set. Don't forget to get the COLLECTION FILE - it has a custom icon of a blue leefish on a bright yellow background.

The BOOKS - Placement tips

To make it totally flexible on the flat cases each shelf has three slots. One on the left, one in the middle, one on the right.
a full stack will fill a WHOLE shelf (so you put them in the middle slot). If you put them on the outer edges they will stick out - I did it deliberately with some - it can look quite nice.
a mini stack (numbers 1 to 4) will fill a single slot so you can have them any slot
a ministack (numbers 5 and 6) will fill half a shelf - so you put one on the left, one on the right, leave the middle empty

Press M to cycle through the slots

On the corners there are 4 slots per level - 2 per shelf. The ministacks 5 and 6 fill the shelf, the other ministacks (1 -4) are for either right or left. Most of them fit fine. You can't really use the long pieces on the corners.

Using the Over the Door Bit

The over the door bit is fully intersectable by objects and sims, but unfortunately I cannot guarantee that the objects you place in the slots are also fully intersectable. Following a tip from MSD I made a table thing that you can place an object on and pick up and put down - and pow - intersectable object. Then staying in buymode place it on the shelf you use over the door. The object will be intersectable and you can use the door properly with it opening and closing.

Screenshot Credits:
Henry's suit by fanseelamb, paintings by Plasticbox.

Additional Credits:
iCad, HugeLunatic for helping with the collection file, FantasyRogue for her great sharing policy - (I snaffled some book colours from one of her uploads - you can find that HERE), SimPE and MTS

Netmicro for this awesome object

Bookstore Available: I also made a small bookstore using these bookcases - you can find it

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21st Dec 2011, 5:33 PM

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Originally Posted by gulhare

Leesester?
About the low bookcase on community lots?
Have you fixed it so that if I redownload the collection only version (thank you for that by the way!) it will work? Im not in a hurry if its not fixed yet. The sim that will own the bookshop has practically no simoleons so it will be some time for her to put up all those shelves

Yes gulhare, I fixed the files as soon as I knew - you should be able to see it in the file dates.

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23rd Dec 2011, 4:32 AM	#77
AlexandraSpears	Reminds me of the shelving at my local library! Cool!

23rd Dec 2011, 6:47 AM	#78
gulhare	Ah, the file dates. Never occured to me. Thank you.

25th Dec 2011, 7:59 PM	#79
farawayy & so close	These are wonderful! Thank you!

29th Dec 2011, 5:41 PM	#80
ale_bonofiglio	where do i find the books to put in the shelves??

29th Dec 2011, 9:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ale_bonofiglio

where do i find the books to put in the shelves??

You need to download the books from this thread - if you download collection versions and the collection file you can find them in the collections files. If you use catalog versions they should be in Decorative/Miscellaneous.

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31st Dec 2011, 5:23 PM

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Thanks so much!! This is awesome, I had an extra room in one of my houses and I covered every wall with books!!

1st Jan 2012, 3:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ale_bonofiglio

Thanks so much!! This is awesome, I had an extra room in one of my houses and I covered every wall with books!!

Thank you, I tried to make it so it was fun to decorate with

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2nd Jan 2012, 1:03 AM	#84
the mazoku	I was building my neighborhood a library and remembered that I should download this. I totally dopeslapped myself for forgetting to. And now I'm going back to fix my new library. :3 Thank you very much for this awesome download.

2nd Jan 2012, 2:46 AM

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I was building my neighborhood a library and remembered that I should download this. I totally dopeslapped myself for forgetting to. And now I'm going back to fix my new library. :3 Thank you very much for this awesome download.

OMG my head asplode from doing this...

2nd Jan 2012, 3:01 AM

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OMG my head asplode from doing this...

Is that good or bad head asplosions??

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2nd Jan 2012, 5:08 PM	#87
TheOfficialSJP Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6	I love this, but I'm having some problems with actually putting the books in the bookcase as they go in the same slot. How could I resolve this?

2nd Jan 2012, 6:38 PM

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I love this, but I'm having some problems with actually putting the books in the bookcase as they go in the same slot. How could I resolve this?

You have to press M to cycle through the slots (look in the upload post for "Tips on book placement").

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4th Jan 2012, 10:04 AM	#89
Princedeschamps	You rock !

4th Jan 2012, 3:10 PM	#90
huuviee	Thanks for this, I've been disappointed lately that I can't find bookshelves that are updated with Free Time. These are fantastic! Also thanks for making them available in just collections so I'm not sorting through a ton of random book stacks in my deco catalog

7th Jan 2012, 5:12 PM	#91
carmelliadunn	I absolutely love this in game! it looks great and is very versitle. Thanks to Flake4 for the recolor reference. I'm looking for a clean white recol. Like so many others I'm sure ts3 is a nice game but I have no plans to ever leave ts2. Thanks for creating for ts2!!!

7th Jan 2012, 8:32 PM	#92
ktkokaq	Oh my gosh, thank you so much! I've been wanting to build a library forever but it always looked stupid with the exact same books on every shelf. This is perfect!

8th Jan 2012, 9:15 AM	#93
JohnM3994	Help! Excuse my noobness, but how do you put books on the shelves? The only shelf that I can get the books to go on are the ones touching the ground. Help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

8th Jan 2012, 10:17 AM	#94
leesester	You need to press M to cycle through the slots.... Please read the first post - Tips on Book Placement. This is how slots work in Sims2. If you have multiple slots then you have to press M while the item is on the same footprint as the shelf, it will step through the slots until you let go of it, each press of M will move it one slot. As there are 40 slots on the corner piece it CAN take a while.

12th Jan 2012, 5:31 PM	#95
elfpuddle	Thank you for these beauties!

14th Jan 2012, 5:36 PM	#96
harrytheplatypus Test Subject Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 17	Thank you very much it looks fantastic, but it takes forever to place books, I was trying to make a library but I only got half done in 2 hrs. it usually takes me an hour to finish something like this because when you place the books on the shelves they don't sit right, like if i place a large book you have to place it 3 times then delete the others and have to keep repeating this.

14th Jan 2012, 9:08 PM	#97
leesester	Hmm, well, I don't quite know what you mean about deleting the others. I did say in the main post that I chose to have three slots per shelf so it would be flexible. What you can do is use M to cycle past a slot. You don't have to fill each slot first. If you are still struggling you can use a slotblocker - there is one from FairyForest that is very good. Link to slotblocker You can just press M and cycle through the slots - its what I do. I have several shelves with just one item in the middle. I did consider that it was a bit of a drag to have to click through when using the big stacks - but I think it keeps it more flexible this way.

15th Jan 2012, 12:15 AM	#98
Psychosim Top Secret Researcher Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,646 Thanks: 12864 in 28 Posts View My Journal	M to circle through slots never worked for me, I guess it came with a later EP than Nightlife. :/ But thank you for the link, that should come in handy!
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18th Jan 2012, 10:50 PM	#99
Kneon_Knight	Another fantastic creation. I swear, I use your stuff more than the items included in the actual game. Thanks for giving me some new options for libraries, studies and whatnot. It's too bad you aren't being paid for your work-the creators over at EAxis really could learn a lot from you.

1st Feb 2012, 8:44 PM	#100
ShoujoAkuma	Yeah, you just became one of my favorite people. I have shelves fitted around my room and although I can match many aspects of my room on sims, I cannot match my shelves. This is an extremely functional and flexible object set. Thank you!

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