WANTED: Equus-Sims Guide..Creators.

[Christina@Equus]

So the cool thing about Equus-Sims is that it's mostly community run. Meaning..you guys pretty much have all the freedom to get creative and create your websites, horses, sims, stables, pets, etc!

So for the new Equus-Sims, I'd like to make some guides for noobies..and I could definitely use your help!

We have some guides here that my small staff and I tried to put together when this forum was initially put up (in the Equus Handbook)..and those are fabulous..but I'd love to add onto those topics!

Getting Started Guides
-Website Creation, Management, Design, etc
-Designing a stable (architecture help, design help, color schemes, cc recommendations, etc)
-Managing your stable (how to have more than 8 horses p/household, mod help, useful mods, etc etc etc)

Equine Guides
-Creating Horses (your fave genetics info, coat color creation helpers, tips and tricks on making coats from scratch, making complex coats, etc!)
-Buying a Horse (what kind of things should a noobie be looking for in their new horse? etc)
-Breeding Guide (what to look for in a potential stallion, foal creation, birthing/pregnancy and coat/genetics realism help, etc)

Misc Guides
-Anything you guys can think of that would help a noobie fit in here at Equus, as well as better the quality of horses, breeders and competitors alike!

Please be aware that any tips, suggestions, guides, etc that you post here may or may not be published on Equus-Sims' new site. By posting any of the above here, you agree to allow Equus-Sims to use this info (with credit) on the new site. Some information may be edited to fit actual rules and regulations of ES, or modified to fit seamlessly with previously written guides.

Thanks in advance guys! Have fun!

~Christina

[Amanda@Equus]

I actually started writing a breeder's & buyer's guide. I'll finish it up soon and send it your way.

[Christina@Equus]

Nov 1, 2012 0:32:01 GMT -5 Amanda@Equus said:

I actually started writing a breeder's & buyer's guide. I'll finish it up soon and send it your way.

Woo! Awesome!

[Fatat Fazaa]

i'll do the getting started guide

[Bekah@Equus]

I could do the Stable Designing part.
Since I'm over obsessive with colour schemes and CC.

[Fatat Fazaa]

okay...i'm doing then the how to start a website ..it is about to finish ...just telling people how to get it tidy

[laurencealkov]

I'm very interested by this one if you agree...:
"Equine Guides
-Creating Horses (your fave genetics info, coat color creation helpers, tips and tricks on making coats from scratch, making complex coats, etc!)"
I love creating realistic coats for horses (just see my request post) and I know an interesting slice of coat making.

[Nikki Foxton]

I think a competitions guide would be useful, as a lot of people including myself often ask where the competitions are before they register. So something explaining that and how competitions work.

Also could include a brief summary of what events are for people who aren't used to them for example i don't know much about western events so an introduction and some helpful links would be good and the same for english events.



EDIT; i would be happy to do some proof reading as i am sort of still a newbie so i could read and make sure that it is simple enough for us to use and make sense of. As i often find with guides that they are useful but some parts can get a bit complicated.

[Milla Regal]

If only I was good at explaining ;_;

[mizuki2011]

The only thing in there that I COULD actually do would be an architecture and functionality guide to making stables... and some proof reading too perhaps.

[Milla Regal]

I already have a basic GIMP tutorial on YouTube if you'd need that... MY VOICE ON CAMERA IS STUPID THOUGH TRUST ME.

[Silver Lining Stables]

So when i first started playing the sims, i noticed that the family tree that comes with the game isn't really reliable, nor is the saved files sense they get corrupted so easily. i would lose the family ties when i would have to start a new game with the family in the sim bin. well i got annoyed with this at last and went looking around online to keep track of the family blood line's myself. that is when i found this website www.myheritage.com/family-tree-builder . it's a free family tree builder, or genealogy chart, and it would be an excellent way of keeping track of our equestrian blood lines when the sims default family tree fails us! also, it's a free download! unless you want to update it and get a better version. it is also fairly easy to use and pretty self explanatory on how to use it! enjoy!

[Bekah@Equus]

I might also do a Basic Tips and Helpful Hints for Screenshots or something along those lines.

[Christina@Equus]

Yay! These all sound great guys!

Just so you know, you don't have to "call" or "reserve" any of the topics..I'm looking for a variety so go ahead and write what you want to write about

[Fatat Fazaa]

okay so i think i finished the website creation guide...just tell me if there is something needs to added

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