Ethan Allen Colonial Bedroom Set by Ambular

http://modthesims2.com/member.php?u=144593
http://ambular.djssims.com

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This set includes twenty new objects:

- Single Bed <-- This is a repository object and is REQUIRED for the set to function!  To recolor the primary wood texture for the set, recolor this object.
- Double Bed
- Nightstand
- Tall Dresser
- Low Dresser - Plain <-- This object can be used alone or with either of the wall mirrors.  If the  mirror is set against a wall, the moveObjects cheat is not needed.  Otherwise you must turn the cheat on to position the mirror on the dresser.
- Low Dresser
- Floor Mirror
- Wall Mirror <-- This is a repository object and is REQUIRED for the trim on all the mirrors and pictures in the set to function!  To recolor the trim on the mirrors and pictures, recolor this item.
- Wall Mirror Plain <--This is included for the sake of completeness.  The dresser I actually own has a mirror like this one.
- Vanity
- Painting <-- Designed to hang over the double bed.
- Square Glass Ceiling Lamp
- Table Lamp <-- Sits on all the dressers and the vanity as well as the nightstand!
- Short Maxis-bedding-match curtains for single and double windows (includes diagonal meshes)
- Headboard Lamps (L and R) <-- Can be placed on either bed for reading!
- Decorative Huggy Bear, Picture Frame and OCR Ribbons Bowl <-- Just a few random shinies to put in those nifty slots.  :)

Also included are ten or so recolors of the various items in the set, three bedding recolors based on bedding I own (curtains will also pick up the textures!) and a collection file, which should be placed in your Collections folder.  All files have been squished with jfade's Compressorizer.

NOTE TO BETA TESTERS:  If you helped me out in testing any of the pre-release versions of this set, thank you again!  I suggest if you still have those early versions in your game that you remove the entire set and replace them, since I have changed a number of filenames and consolidated some recolors as well as tweaking the objects themselves.  (GUID's have not been changed.)

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COMPATIBILITY: This set *requires Numenor's CEP*.  http://modthesims2.com/download.php?t=92541

- The entire set should work with any EP from Pets through Apartment Life.
- Thanks to Lord Darcy's expert assistance, base game-compatible versions of the beds and mirrors are included.  This makes the bulk of the set usable with the base game through OFB, with the following exceptions:

- Table lamp, double curtains and headboard lamps require NL or higher.
- The two low dressers require OFB or higher.
- The vanity requires at least one EP installed.

IMPORTANT: If you do not have Pets or a later EP installed, you must use the base-game versions of the beds and mirrors included in a separate folder in the .rar file.  USE ONLY ONE VERSION OF EACH OBJECT.

Please report any issues you may encounter.

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POLY COUNTS:  Due to the large number of curved surfaces, several of these meshes (particularly the single bed) are fairly high-poly objects.  Please forgive; I did try to keep them down as much as possible without losing an unacceptable amount of detail.  I would not recommend using many copies of the larger items in this set on the same lot, especially a large or crowded lot.

			Faces	Vertices

Double Bed: 		6598 	5553
Single Bed: 		6269 	5348
Vanity: 		5146 	7961
Fancy Low Dresser: 	2395 	4058
Tall Dresser: 		2320	3795
Plain Low Dresser: 	2239 	3845
Floor Mirror: 		2004 	2652
Curtains, All:		1530	2052 
Table Lamp: 		1499	1366 (includes a custom 'broken' mesh: 1587 F, 2495 V)
Huggy Bear: 		1264 	1040
Nightstand: 		994 	1859
Ceiling Lamp: 		829 	746
Headboard Lamps:	786	620
Ribbons Bowl: 		669	481
Fancy Wall Mirror: 	330	509
Picture Frame: 		108 	200
Plain Wall Mirror: 	94	175
Painting: 		84 	177

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RECOLORING:

- The Single Bed and Wall Mirror (the decorated, not the plain one) are both repository objects and are needed in order to recolor the other objects AND for the rest of the set to function!
- Due to inherent Maxis limitations, the painting, the photo and the vanity stool cushion *can* be recolored, but in order to do so you must make a full recolor of the single bed texture.
- For similar reasons, only some of the brass accents are recolorable, so it's probably better not to change them when making recolors.  Sorry :/
- The table and ceiling lamps, the teddy bear and the decorative bowl are independently recolorable.
- Headboard lamps draw their recolors from the Maxis "Watt Is This" table lamp and will pick up any recolors of that lamp.
- The curtain fabric and ties draw their textures from the Colonial Ironwood Bed (the standard Maxis bedding) and the curtain rod and tassles, from the Cornerstone Victoriana Velvet Drapes.  The curtains will pick up recolors of either of these items.

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SLOTS:

- Thanks once again to the help of the generous and talented Lord Darcy (http://modthesims2.com/member.php?u=159869), all three dressers in the set have three fully-functional slots on top.  Thank you Lord Darcy, you're my hero!
- The vanity includes SIX usable slots!  (Press M to move objects around between them.  Only very small objects will look right in the two bottom ones.)
- Nightstand now includes three slots.
- Headboards on both beds include two slots each.

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KNOWN ISSUES:

- The animations on the dressers do not closely match the handles; if anyone knows how to fix this and would like to take a stab at it, please do!  I'd be very glad to give you credit and a link to your site or profile.  :)
- When using a wall mirror with the low dresser, there is very slight clippage when using the 'Gussy Up' interaction.  Not too noticeable.
- Slight problem with the drawer shadow on the fancy low dresser.  Not sure how to fix this; any advice would be appreciated.
- Minor glitch with the vanity mirror reflection when viewed diagonally from the far left or right.

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MY POLICY:

- Recolor all you like, using my textures or your own; just please do keep it tasteful.  Credit and a link would be appreciated.
- I welcome any helpful additions, fixes or enhacements from other modders and would happily share credit, but please upload them to the original thread and none other.
- Please don't upload my work anywhere else without my permission.
- Do not upload recolors to pay sites.