Retro Meets Modern - New Kitchen Meshes

REMOVED FILES SEPT 11, 2022. I haven't ever gotten around to fixing the issue with the crashing. The only solution I have other than my getting off my butt and fixing that is to NOT use any under-the-counter appliances (dishwasher, trash compactor) with this set. If anyone that knows how to fix the crashing wants to do so, please do. I honestly don't have the desire to do so.

There has been one report of a lot crashing if Maxis dishwashers or trash compactors are used with this set and the lot is saved. While working on this, I didn't have any problems- and I did have a test lot that was saved. However, since the set has been up I have had a lot crash too. I will be looking into this and try to get it fixed. In the meantime- I suggest using a sink and garbage can or the garbage chute to be safe. Thank you for telling me about this. And I'm very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause/has caused.

This whole set came about because I had a table and chairs. A table and chairs that are slaved to Buggybooz' Kitchen Basic. I promised myself I'd do a non-slaved version of that little set. The I got to thinking that a table and chairs needed a counter. If you've got a table, chairs and a counter- you need an island. So my promise to myself kind of blossomed into a whole new kitchen.



Why retro meets modern? The meshes, original color and recolors are very retro looking. While checking them out in game, I realized that there were no regular wood colors- me being me, off I went to recolor some more. I noticed that these meshes looked a lot different wearing Maxis-wood-texture clothing- so retro meets modern was born.

What you get:
17 meshes & 18 recolors. See pics for the meshes and recolors. I was playing with the recolors- you can get a lot of different looks with them. And I mean A LOT. Play around with them and you'll see what I mean! There are 5 shelves in this set. All of them have slots- the larger shelves have 3 per shelf, the 2 smaller wall shelves have 1 per shelf.

Important:
This set uses the repository technique. The counter is the MASTER so you must have that in game for any of the other meshes to work.
Also- counter and island shadows are funny creatures. Since mine didn't want to behave and show up properly I had to work around them. So- the counter wall shadows are slaved to the UPPER CABINET wallshadow. The corner island groundshadow is slaved to the CORNER ISLAND SHELF groundshadow. So you have to have those 2 meshes in your game or you will have blinking shadows. Sorry about any inconvenience this might cause- I really did try to get them to work without slaving them to anything else.

One more important thing:
There is a metal trim on all of the meshes. Adding the trim to some parts warped the countertop, which caused problems. After spending a couple of days trying to fix that- including doing the trim separately, I gave up and made a piece of trim for the backs of the counters (if needed) and islands. There is a screenshot showing this- you have to have the green "footprint" facing away from the back of the counter/island to place this trim. Then it will go into place with no cheats and in the right spot. There is also a piece of trim for a counter with a sink- placing a sink made the trim disappear no matter how I added the trim. You don't have to use the trim but I do recommend using it. It's part of the "retro look" of this set! The front trim is higher poly than the back- this is because it has 3 sides.



If you're wondering about the 3 tables: the 2x2 with the doors on the base is the original table. After I got more of the set done I wanted a plainer table, which is how the other 2 came about. Since the original big table was done I included it. If you don't want any of the tables, just delete them from your download folder.




In the above pic with the corner island shelves- putting 4 together like that WILL leave a "hole" in the middle. I covered it up using a deco object on an OMSP.

Item	PolyCount	Catalog Location	Subsets	Price
Counter	1247/1163/638/223	Surfaces>Counters	2	150
Island	1241/1253/1253/310	Surfaces>Counters	2	200
1x1 Table	878	Surfaces>Tables	1	95
2x2 Table	2256	Surfaces>Tables	2	195
2x2 Table Two	876	Surfaces>Tables	1	150
Barstool	1382	Comfort>Misc	2	55
Chair	1382	Comfort>Dining Chairs	2	45
Island Shelf	836	Surfaces>Shelves	2	100
Corner Shelf L&R	444	Surfaces>Shelves	2	100
Upper Shelf L&R	442	Surfaces>Shelves	2	100
Upper Cabinet	654	Surfaces>Shelves	2	100
Short Upper Cabinet	654	Surfaces>Shelves	2	75
Tall Cabinet	1266	Surfaces>Shelves	2	125
Back Trim	24	Deco>Misc	1	Free
Front Trim (3 sides)	90	Deco>Misc	1	Free

Additional Credits:
MilkShape, SimPE, PhotoShop CS2 and Numenor for the counter templates.