Broke down...

...and installed the patch! :P

Loaded the game with no mods; and played around in an empty Appaloosa Plains! Had to remodel the house and needed a barn - so I combined the two! :P



The camera is jerky as all get out in Build Mode (more so than before), but other than that I didn't notice anything else gone awry!

Why aren't EA builds ever big enough?

Appaloosa Plains - cuz I liked this shot... :P



I found a lot I liked, and of course it was occupied by EA sims! I evicted them, saved the lot to the bin, moved them back in and moved them to another lot, so I could have the one they were in!

Then I leveled their modest one-story home and build a two-story house with lots of space! It's a 4 bedroom, 4 bath house! :P





Sunroom




Complete with rare chameleon!


Kitchen




Dining


Living






Music/Library


Bedroom (one of four)


Then I renovated the 1-story barn...into a 2-story barn with hay loft...








...added a small Nectary connecting to one side...




...and placed a wine cellar beneath the barn...




...and voilà...the homestead!


I take the dancing gnomes as a sign that I "done good!" :P