A Call for Help - Maps!

[Joria]

You all know the spot in France for all those butterflies, right?

[Pam]

You all know the spot in France for all those butterflies, right?

Are you asking where the butterflies are or just checking to see if Carl knows without actually telling him where they are?

[Joria]

No, I know where they are and visit there every time I go to France for a few quick, easy simoleons made by selling off the purples and pashas.  I just didn't want to post it if everyone was already aware of the spot and wasn't sure if it was ok to post it.  I'll tell you now and if it's not ok, just edit it out. 

On the map head northwest to a wooded area. Look carefully for a little oval, very tiny and hard to see on the map so look carefully.  It's a frog pond and a great place to catch the froggies but also has tons of butterflies and beetles.  The good ones show up randomly and aren't always in the same spot, but visiting it three or four times in a vacation should get you every butterfly needed except the glowy.  I've noticed the butterflies and beetles don't always show up unless you have the Collector thing and it takes awhile standing around with the game off pause for them to spawn and show up.  Using the frog pond as your center, carefully spiral out from that point and you should get all the butterflies you need.  So far I've gotten even the Rainbow Butterfly there but it does not show up every time.  However, that western, (left), side of the map is pretty good for finding them. 

Glowy Butterflies can be found across the river.  Cross the bridge and head left.  They are in the general vicinity of the bend in the road and do not show up every time you go there.  The best time to catch them is at night as they glow in the dark.

One thing I've noticed about this spot is there are often glowing dots from the Collector shown but no insect anywhere around.  However, there is a breakable bunch of rocks near the frog pond and I'm thinking the "invisible" insects are probably underground.  I haven't gone there with Pangu's Axe yet so no way of telling.

[wildredchild]

Glowy Butterflies can be found across the river.  Cross the bridge and head left.  They are in the general vicinity of the bend in the road and do not show up every time you go there.  The best time to catch them is at night as they glow in the dark.

One thing I've noticed about this spot is there are often glowing dots from the Collector shown but no insect anywhere around.  However, there is a breakable bunch of rocks near the frog pond and I'm thinking the "invisible" insects are probably underground.  I haven't gone there with Pangu's Axe yet so no way of telling.

Glowy Butterflies also show up on the little island in the middle of the river.

As for the ones that do not show up at the frog pond, yes they are underground indeed.  Break those 3 rocks and you get lots of plunder, including the rare grapes, cut stones, butterflies galore.

[Carl]

Thanks for this. I have fireman yet to write, and a couple more updates, then my attention will shift focus to this project, I'll complete the towns then start the maps to travel destinations.

[Joria]

Thanks to Crazy 8's, I've been butterfly obsessed.  The thing that annoys me is not having insects show up UNLESS you have the collector thing.  If you know where to go, you MIGHT get some of them.  Obvious place in SV is the simhenge place.  Got my first rainbow there, all the way to the rear.  Here's a clue.  If there are a lot of stones and other butterflies, chances are you will not see a rainbow.  If there are only a few other butterflies, you might catch a rainbow OR you might get a Light Beetle in the same place.

I just checked France again today with a different sim, no collector, and very few butterflies anywhere, including the places where I know they spawn.  Annoying, but proved my point.

Now, about that island.  Errrhmm, how exactly do you get there?  I'm thinking it's a secret tunnel in the house opposite it or a tunnel from the frog pond spot.  Just a guess but rabid readers would like to know.  (Can you tell Rita Skeeter was one of my favorite HP characters?)

[Pam]

We have a nice juicy thread about that little island in France.  Click here to visit The Little Island with Rare Grapes in France.

[Saltypaws]

I am going ask a stupid question.  When I have seen someone post a picture and they have marked it with a circle or a line or arrow, how do you do that?  I know a spawn point for a pink diamond, but I don't know how to mark it before I post it.

[Joria]

We have a nice juicy thread about that little island in France.  Click here to visit The Little Island with Rare Grapes in France.

Juicy indeed!  Off to get Pangu's Axe, although I don't need it now I have the Collector thingie.   

I'm with Saltypaws.  How do you put marks on pictures?  I've found a few things but haven't posted the picture because I can't mark it.

Oh, and about that frog pond.  If you have a klepto you can actually steal some of the items hidden underground by clicking near the rocks and selecting swipe something.  That was kind of fun since I had to other way to access it at the time.

[Carl]

I am going ask a stupid question.  When I have seen someone post a picture and they have marked it with a circle or a line or arrow, how do you do that?  I know a spawn point for a pink diamond, but I don't know how to mark it before I post it.

Save a copy of the big map and open it with paint or some other image editor, put a nice dot where it goes, and email it to me. Emailing the big map offers the best precision since you can put the dot exactly at the spawn point so we don't cause confusion for people.

carl@carlsguides.com

[Pam]

Just to clarify, when Carl says to use "paint," what he means is Microsoft Paint, which is a program that is available on any Windows PC.  It has tools that let you draw on images.  It's pretty fun if you haven't played with it before.

[Carl]

Thanks for that Pam. I'm glad this is starting to gather interest. I look forward to it. I think we'll have the best maps out there.

[Saltypaws]

Oh, ok.  I know how to do that, now just to find that gem again.  Thanks.  Actually, I should have known that, I use to use that all of the time.

[Frey]

I don't have any maps, but my experience tells me that Twinsbrook's beach park is a great place for finding both palladium and pink diamonds with the miner. I mean this little community lot beside the lake... in spanish it's called something like "beach park". Sorry I can't help with anything else for now, but that's what I could find out before my game failed. I found like 3 or 4 of them there. It might have been just a coincidence, but I just thought it might be of help.

[Caitie]

Will you also be including locations to find special seeds on these maps?  Personally, I almost always play a Green Thumb Sim, so I'm much more interested in where to find the best seeds than where to find the best metals or butterflies.  Of course, that's just how I play the game.  Along those lines, I found a great spawn point for special and rare seeds in Twinbrook -- around the upper right corner of the cemetery.  Special seeds spawn there almost daily!

[Carl]

Yes the only seed types I'd want to include are special, since everything else can be store-bought.

[Alex_O]

Thanks Pam, removed due to being in the wrong place     

[Pam]

Welcome to our Forum, Alex_O!

This thread is specifically for helping Carl with actual maps.  We have a thread about pink diamonds in Twinbrook.  That would be a better place to share your information. 

[Caitie]

Yes the only seed types I'd want to include are special, since everything else can be store-bought.

Alright, I'll download your maps and start marking!

[Snowyluc]

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[Pam]

What did you mean to type, Snowyluc?

[Snowyluc]

What did you mean to type, Snowyluc?

Oh god Pam, sorry!

Wrote out a whole message! Must've selected all of it by mistake and pressed "H" for some reason. One of the downsides of Macs.  

Uh, my original message consisted of two things:
1. If you're looking for areas for the Pink Diamond, you should visit Mausoleums. I notice that The Chinese Mausoleums are the most frequent to have Pink Diamonds, I did a few tests and I found that a majority of 2/5 Sims find pink diamonds whilst exploring the catacombs of China.
Also, I found palladium seems to have the majority of finds in Egyptian Tombs, the medium amount in France, and the lesser in China.
2. There seems to be somebody in my account, and my details are confidential, so there's no way that anybody can get in. So if you see odd messages from me, they might not actual be from me.
And as always, Any Work for the sight?
I hope I haven't made a grudge against you guys because of my lying about the Great Explorer
Because I really am sorry about that.
Holidays are a dead bore.
Moved to Chiang Mai, and my mum's boss is going crazy, packing on work for my mum.
School's next week, but it can't come soon enough.
Again, hope I haven't set up a grudge.    
Thanks.
Snowyluc
 

[Pam]

No worries about that, Snowyluc.  And no hard feelings.  We're well covered at the moment with the writers we have on staff.  It won't be until Late Night comes out that we'll be cranking out lots of articles.  And considering how fast Ambitions was covered, I don't foresee any difficulties for the staff with Late Night.  We've grown quite a bit since you were here last and we've got a staff of moderators and writers. 

[Snowyluc]

No worries about that, Snowyluc.  And no hard feelings.  We're well covered at the moment with the writers we have on staff.  It won't be until Late Night comes out that we'll be cranking out lots of articles.  And considering how fast Ambitions was covered, I don't foresee any difficulties for the staff with Late Night.  We've grown quite a bit since you were here last and we've got a staff of moderators and writers.  

Oh thats great! Yeah, I noticed an increase in members  , I think everybody new will definitely help.
Oh yes, and Pam, you say Night Life hasn't come out? It has here in Thailand, when does it come out in your circles?
I know I'm only 11, but I've got a load of cash because I just sold my old computer.
If anything, I can buy a copy and send it via mail, if my mum lets me.
I know nobody would actually be able to start anything, but you or Carl could at least give a list of LTWs, or an overview.
It's not that expensive, and it's not a pirated version.
The only thing that won't work is you can't download mods and objects directly from the menu that opens up, where you hit the play button. But you can download mods from the website, and they work, so........
It's up to you.
But I've got a $100 up my alley, and enough to buy myself and one of you a copy of Night Life.
Please reply.
Thanks,

Snowyluc

[Pam]

Oh thats great! Yeah, I noticed an increase in members  , I think everybody new will definitely help.
Oh yes, and Pam, you say Night Life hasn't come out? It has here in Thailand, when does it come out in your circles?
I know I'm only 11, but I've got a load of cash because I just sold my old computer.
If anything, I can buy a copy and send it via mail, if my mum lets me.
I know nobody would actualy be able to start anything, but you or Carl could at least give a list of LTWs, or an overview.
It's not that expensive, and it's not a pirated version.
The only thing that won't work is you can't download mods and objects directly from the menu that opens up, where you hit the play button. But you can download mods from the website, and they work, so........
It's up to you.
But I've got a $100 up my alley, and enough to buy myself and one of you a copy of Night Life.
Please reply.
Thanks,

Snowyluc

That's a very generous offer, Snowyluc, and I truly appreciate it.  But, and I know Carl would agree with me, it would be quite inappropriate for you to purchase a copy of Late Night for either of us.  Our release date in the U.S. is October 26 and we'll just have to make the best of that.

Best regards,

Pam Marsden
Forum Manager/Administrator

cc:  Carl