EH: Behind the Scenes, Vol. 1

Let me start by apologizing.  There was some confusion amongst the writers about who was supposed to go next.  Samantha  is going to go out of order this week, and should be posting something up in the next few days.  To keep you entertained until then, we’ll do a special post.

Welcome to the first installment of a look behind the scenes of Return to Emerald Harbour (EH).  Behind the scenes posts will show some of the things that didn’t make it into the story.  This would include bloopers, glitches, outtakes, and some pictures that would show how we created some of the effects in the chapters.

First, how do you create a mine?

 

This is a bird’s eye view of the mine, as created by Kansine. 

(Kansine’s notes are in italics) 

“Behind the scenes” -crap – I wanted them to hammer something so that they’d look like they were mining, but even if I made all of them handy, they couldn’t do that until they learned some handiness.

Guess if I was laughing when there was announcements, like “Random has gained a skill point” all the time!!!! XD

 I had created a group of eight miners for Kansine to use that I knew were basically all going to die in the disaster.  I decided to give them the same name – Random Miner.

Well, I noticed that sinks WONT DO, ’cause they didn’t use hammers working on them!

But they DID use hammers on toilet seats, and I was like YAYYYY!!!

And there you have it:  a working mine!

Originally, I hadn’t even put the miners in the handyman’s outfit.  This picture of Ron Collier shows how I originally had dressed the miners.

Of course, the miners had other ideas….

Well… to start with… ALL THE MINERS WERE WEARING SUITS!!! Wtf?! XD

 Have you seen these people?  Someone has already noticed one.  These are our simselves, and from time to time, they may make cameo appearances.  From left to right:  Kansine, Pam (aka Celara), Samantha, Meezletoe.

I swear…Linda Collier gets some of the best “in the mood for woo hoo” expressions ever.

One of my favorite pictures of Ronnie….he wuvs his horsie!

While I’m not into potty training shots much, I just love the expression TJ has as he looks up to his Daddy.

Bradford and Penny were married before the story events, but I actually did take a picture of them at their private ceremony on the beach.

The beach house was not always the color it is now.  As this picture shows, it was originally green.

I didn’t use it in the story, but I love this reaction shot.  This girl is excited about being proposed to!

There’s a reason you don’t sit out in the street to have a conversation.  Luckily, in Sims 3, the car just passes right through them.  Otherwise, it would have been an early end for Sed and two of the triplets.

The argument between Buck and Paula didn’t show these reaction shots.  You can see that Paula was not happy with Buck….

…and Buck was also not happy about Paula nagging him.  Oooooohhhh….angry unibrow.

One thing that didn’t show up much in the story is the Buck often will walk around in his tidy whities, especially in his own room.  However, in this picture, Buck had just fiinished using the computer in Paula’s room, and Paula was in bed fast asleep at the time.

One of the more unusual traits is one that Angel has.  He is never nude, as evidenced by his time in the shower.

Every time I see this picture, I can’t help thinking “Don’t eat the meatloaf!”

Even after switching careers, workaholic Trey still would work from home whenever he got a chance.

Right after Don greeted Alice the day they hooked up, they both randomly posed in the same position.  Even the facial expressions are alike!

When Alice tried to embrace Don, it didn’t go as planned.

Don’s facial expression is priceless:  a perfect WTF?!? face.

In this outtake, we see that Don’s romantic conquest did not go as easily as it did in the story.  Dexter walked into the room and wanted to chat with Alice.  He mainly complimented her musical ability.  Too bad he didn’t warn her about his roomie.

So that’s it for this behind the scenes look at the story.  Let us know if you’d like to see more posts like this as the story develops.