- Site Map >
- Community >
- Non-Sims Discussion >
- Social Groups >
- Foundational Building >
- Welcome!
- Site Map >
- Community >
- Non-Sims Discussion >
- Social Groups >
- Foundational Building >
- Welcome!
If people are gonna be doing maybe as many as 20 images per lot that's a lot of waiting for images to load Also, how about a sliding scale on image amounts eg. maybe 8 is more than enough to show off a 10x10 lot but 20 might be required to show off a 40x40 lot?
Guys, rules are good! Rules help control the fun. ~ Monica E. Geller
Posts: 740
Thanks: 124 in 2 Posts
Posts: 407
Thanks: 1170 in 34 Posts
Miss Roxor - Photobucket, which I use, lets you share a clickable thumbnail. That would mean nice small pics, that we could click for a closer look. Is that what you had in mind? I don't know if the other photo services do the same or not, but think it would be a great idea. My PC is not the fastest and sometimes it took forever to check through a contest or chat page, because the pics loaded so slowly. And sometimes you have to travel through the same set of pics multiple times to reach the newest post on that page. Thumbnails would definitely speed up reading through the posts.
I shall have to get to work on a devious foundation for you all.
This should definitely be fun and educational!
Posts: 964
Thanks: 20880 in 66 Posts
I second the idea of posting thumbnails instead of big pictures - not all of us have a fast internet connection. I'm using imageshack and they offer thumbnail pictures, too.
What about this idea: the title picture (a pic of the full house) could be in 800x600 and all other pics should be in thumbnail size - maybe except floorplans. So in that way it wasn't such a big problem if someone posted more than 10 pictures in one post.
I agree that all foundations should be posted in a seperate thread. In my opinion everyone who posts a foundation should clearly state the rules for his/her foundation. Why should we set up rules like what type of lot, what size of lot, what objects used? We don't want to build the same lots again and again, do we? I'd get sick of 30x30 lots pretty soon...
So I'd say general rules for size of pictures, yes. General rules for foundatiion size/type and kind of objects (buy/free/whatever), no. That should be decided by the person who posts the foundation. Maybe a general rule could be that everyone who posts a new foundation should include the following information/rule for his/her foundation:
- size of lot?
- residential / community lot?
- specific theme (or not)?
- objects allowed (cc yes/no, shop items yes/no, whatever)?
- required pictures?
- time limit?
- special additional rules?
Also, I think no one should post more than one foundation at the same time. Which means, everybody should set a time limit for his/her foundation to be build on.
So, that means that the only general rule(s) I can think of that should be made are 1.) size and number of pictures posted 2.) information/rules for posted foundation (see above list) and 3.) limit of one foundation thread per person at the same time.
Can't think of more at the moment.
Posts: 1,539
Thanks: 666 in 3 Posts
Posts: 901
Thanks: 1949 in 30 Posts
About a time limit and only having one foundation per person how would we set that up without having to remove the thread afterward as none of us have the authority to lock a thread?
edited to add:
Ok I posted a foundation for you guys to play with.
Foundational Plan 817
The Simmer formerly known as Greenlea
Posts: 1,539
Thanks: 666 in 3 Posts
************************** Time is up for this foundation lolz It's now "closed" ****************************
I doubt people would spam it down after it's "closed" anyway
I also use imageshack for uploading screenshots, I can definitely recommend it. You can just copy the thumbnails for forums and paste them directly in your post. You can also specify wheter the thumbnail should contain image size informations or not before uploading the image.
I would also favor not to have free/pay content restrictions, except when a creator of a foundation specifies it, of course.
I am trying to organize my downloads, but with some things it is really hard to distinguish between pay and free downloads and I do not want to re-download 20 gigabytes of cc
Posts: 901
Thanks: 1949 in 30 Posts
Like someone else said if you intend to upload it here make sure you don't use pay content in it.
Also bear in mind you may have others begging you to upload something cause they love it and simply HAVE to have it lmao
I guess when you want your limit to be up on a certain foundation you've posted you can edit the thread title to indicate it's closed before posting another.
The Simmer formerly known as Greenlea
Posts: 514
Thanks: 319 in 1 Posts
Posts: 901
Thanks: 1949 in 30 Posts
The Simmer formerly known as Greenlea
Posts: 1,539
Thanks: 666 in 3 Posts
Posts: 901
Thanks: 1949 in 30 Posts
The Simmer formerly known as Greenlea
Posts: 1,539
Thanks: 666 in 3 Posts
Posts: 514
Thanks: 319 in 1 Posts
I do thank-you for starting it.
Posts: 901
Thanks: 1949 in 30 Posts
The Simmer formerly known as Greenlea
Posts: 107
Thanks: 109 in 1 Posts
I like the CC restriction, it makes everyone use their own creativity instead of someone else's talent. The use of CC and other rules can be specified by the thread starter.
Posts: 901
Thanks: 1949 in 30 Posts
I like the restriction to a point as well but there's quite a few who wish to use custom content. It was different with the contest as you got a bonus for no custom content and only using EA things but here I feel it might ought to be a more relaxed environment.
The Simmer formerly known as Greenlea
Posts: 964
Thanks: 20880 in 66 Posts
Also, about pay content: Is there not a MTS site rule that you cannot post a pic that shows pay content? If so then this group might be breaking site rules by allowing it....I'm too tired to look it up now though, goin to bed
Oh, another thing, group pages are moderated so couldn't the thread starter just ask a mod to close the thread when it's time is up? As long as it's not hapenning every day I don't see them having a probem with it.
Guys, rules are good! Rules help control the fun. ~ Monica E. Geller
Posts: 1,539
Thanks: 666 in 3 Posts
Posts: 901
Thanks: 1949 in 30 Posts
Also, about pay content: Is there not a MTS site rule that you cannot post a pic that shows pay content? If so then this group might be breaking site rules by allowing it....I'm too tired to look it up now though, goin to bed Oh, another thing, group pages are moderated so couldn't the thread starter just ask a mod to close the thread when it's time is up? As long as it's not hapenning every day I don't see them having a probem with it. |
About that MTS site rule I'm not sure cause I hadn't seen anything around that said that. I just know pay content isn't allowed in any uploads. I may go to the section where people post game pictures and see if it says that anywhere.
Also the thread closing is a non issue now. We just discussed having a limit of 1 person being able to post one foundation per month to build on. Works better that way I think anyway because anyone who comes along later and wants to join would be blocked out of our previous foundations if the thread were closed.
*ETA
I done some looking around and didn't find a rule about pay content in pictures. If anyone else does find such a rule then please direct us all to it lol
The Simmer formerly known as Greenlea
I done some looking around and didn't find a rule about pay content in pictures. If anyone else does find such a rule then please direct us all to it lol |
I knew I didn't just imagine it ...Pictured pay content ...but I think you're right and I just remembered it wrong, this seems to refer to pictures of stuff you're uploading, should be fine to just have it in pics
Guys, rules are good! Rules help control the fun. ~ Monica E. Geller
Posts: 3,720
Thanks: 27190 in 66 Posts
Also, Kaospilot, I can't remember but are you uploading your R4 entry? I loved it.
"On the internet, you can be anything you want. It's strange that so many people choose to be stupid."
Who Posted
|