Sunset Valley

Sunset Valley

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Sunset Valley
Before Pleasantview, there was Sunset Valley. Founded by the Goth family, and built up by the Landgraabs to be a quiet, peaceful town. But when the Altos arrive with uptown ideals, will the townsfolk feel the need to choose sides?
Name	Sunset Valley
Game	The Sims 3
Housed residents	67
Skies	Clear, occasionally very spread clouds
Onomatology

Sunset Valley is the world that was originally shipped with The Sims 3.

Overview

Sunset Valley is very large compared to the neighborhoods in previous The Sims games, having a total of 92 lots with various playable characters and about 86 in total pre-made. The main part of the town is the park, where Sims can have a picnic, go fishing, or take a stroll and maybe meet someone new; there is also a local cinema, a gym, restaurants, shops, pools, and other recreational facilities. Sims can now visit all their friends' and neighbors' homes and call up their friends with the new cell phone, for a night on the town.

Sunset Valley mixes modern and futuristic building ideas with nostalgic architecture and design rooted in American suburbs of the 1950s. The town is very unique on all accounts and hosts a whopping 25 playable families. Sunset Valley is full of places to explore and has a very diverse cityscape, leaving players hours of fun while exploring alone.

The houses in Sunset Valley are diversely priced, but every little group of houses are generally similarly priced. For example, the homes by the public beach are generally cheap, making them homes for lower-middle class type Sims, although (if viewing the water as south), the further west you go the nicer they become, until they're more like upper-middle class type homes. Summer Hill Court contains the largest, most expensive lots. The area directly behind city hall has some of the poorest houses, and behind that zone is a middle class area. Along the east side of Sunset Valley along Skyborough Boulevard are some very nice homes, probably for upper-middle class Sims.

A full view of Sunset Valley

There are 21 available empty lots for players to build on. They are priced from §1200 at the cheapest, to §14,700 as the most expensive. The amount of space (in squares) for building goes from 19x29 at the smallest to 60x60 at the largest. The most expensive lot, 15 Summer Hill Court, is on the same hill as the Landgraabs' and Alto's mansions (although if the Pets expansion pack has been installed, this lot may be taken up by the equestrian center).

Lots

Residential lots

Inhabited

All owned are considered households.

Asilomar, owned by Single Moms August Moon, owned by Crumplebottom Cosmopolitan Lofts, owned by Roomies Cottage Cheese, owned by Kennedy Flava-ful, owned by Alvi Garden Cottage, owned by Steel Goth Manor, owned by Goth Greener & Greener, owned by Bachelor House Plan B, owned by Jolina Landgraab Estate, owned by Landgraab Lone Wolff Manor, owned by Wolff Low Fat Ranch, owned by Keaton Metropolitan Lofts, owned by Working Friends

Minihaus, owned by Wainwright Ocean Vista Cottage, owned by Frio Peep's Peak, owned by Bunch Pescadero, owned by Ursine Plus Plus, owned by Sekemoto Primrose, owned by Hart Raggio del Sole, owned by Wan-Goddard Stalwart Mission, owned by Andrews Sur La Plage, owned by Koffi Tilelicious, owned by Langerak Victor's Abode, owned by Clavell Villa Alto, owned by Alto

Uninhabited

Americana Capitola A Condor Museum Lofts Cormorant Cozy Craftsman "El" Urban Sprawl Modernehaus The Monotone Mosquito Cove

Myrtle Bungalow Pondcentric Pre-fabulous Shearwater Shotgun Style Unabridged Wagner's Repose Ye Olde Tudor

Empty Lots

• 100 Redwood Pkwy, 25×30
• 130 Redwood Pkwy, 40x30
• 180 Redwood Pkwy, 40x30
• 350 Oak Grove Road, 30x30
• 365 Oak Grove Road, 30x30
• 74 Landgraab Ave, 30×40
• 99 Landgraab Ave, 30×30
• 17 Maywood Lane, 30×40
• 18 Maywood Lane, 20×30
• 415 Skyborough Blvd, 40×40
• 299 Skyborough Blvd, 40×40
• 53 Waterfall Way, 36×47
• 2200 Pinochle Point, 30×30
• 2250 Pinochle Point, 30×30
• 2300 Pinochle Point, 30×30
• 2350 Pinochle Point, 30×30
• 2400 Pinochle Point, 40×30
• 2450 Pinochle Point, 30×20
• 2500 Pinochle Point, 40×40
• 9 Sun Song Ave, 20×30
• 477 Sunnyside Blv, 30×30
• 15 Summer Hill Court, 60×60
• 58 Water Lily Lane, 30x40

Community lots

Sunset Valley center

Rabbit holes are not listed

• 28 Hour Wellness Gym
• Central Park
• Crystal Springs
• Le Petit Shark Pool Center
• Lofty Cerulean Blue Pool
• Maywood Glen
• Old Pier Beach
• Papyrus Memorial Library
• Pinoche Pond
• Pleasant Rest Graveyard
• Recurve Strand
• Stoney Falls
• Summer Hill Springs
• Sunnyside Strand
• Sunset Institute of Modern Art

If The Sims 3: Ambitions is installed, four lots will be added to the town:

Barney's Salon and Tattoo (Salon) Community Fire Department (Fire Station)

Landgraab Sell n' Swap (Consignment Store) Grady's Junkstop (Junkyard)

Families

New families

There are a total of 86 Sims living in Sunset Valley.

Alto Family and Goth Family

• Alto family 20 Summer Hill Court

§75,000

Difficulty: 3

Nick Alto, Vita Alto, Holly Alto

The Altos are new money. Their unscrupulous business practices have gotten them far in this town. Unofficially, they own most of the local shops. But how did their daughter become such a Goody Two-Shoes?

• Alvi family 43 Water Lily Lane

§600

Difficulty: 3

Iqbal Alvi, VJ Alvi, Miraj Alvi

Young Miraj Alvi wishes that his teen-age brother would stop giving their dad such a hard time. Is there some way he can help the two make amends?

• Andrews family 378 Skyborough Boulevard

§1,400

Difficulty: 2

Beau Andrews, Victoria Andrews

Beau Andrews is an insensitive slob who spends most of his time watching television. Victoria is an artistic bookworm who spends most of her time reading. How is it that these two seem to be living happily ever after?

• Bunch family 16 Maywood Lane

§3,300

Difficulty: 5

Jack Bunch, Judy Bunch, Ethan Bunch, Lisa Bunch, Arlo Bunch, Darlene Bunch

Here’s the story: Two working parents juggle family, household chores, and their careers while their four children run wild. What is the right balance for this family of six to stay sane?

• Clavell family 306 Skyborough Boulevard

§2,800

Difficulty: 2

Buster Clavell, Bessie Clavell, Xander Clavell

Xander Clavell is a party animal still living in his parents’ house. Buster is tired of Xander’s mooching and wants him out. Will Bessie have to choose between her son and her husband?

• Frio family 7 Sun Song Avenue

§1,200

Difficulty: 2

Connor Frio, Jared Frio

The Frio brothers are cool – but in very different ways. Connor is shy and seems aloof; Jared is downright cold to people after he befriends them. Can anything be done to change them into the next level of cool: awesome?

• Hart family 303 Skyborough Boulevard

§2,400

Difficulty: 3

Gus Hart, Dorie Hart, Bebe Hart

Bebe Hart has a hard time as the only responsible person in the entire Hart lineage. It’s no secret in the neighborhood that both of her parents are slightly insane, so Bebe feels that the neighbor’s eyes have been scrutinizing her for ages, just waiting to see if she’ll crack too.

• Jolina family 91 Landgraab Avenue

§1,000

Difficulty: 1

Jamie Jolina

Jamie Jolina is as intelligent as she is beautiful. Can she prove to the world that the two traits can coexist?

Landgraab Family and Keaton Family

• Keaton family 86 Landgraab Avenue

§4,500

Difficulty: 2

Marty Keaton, Justine Keaton

Avid outdoorsy Sims, Marty and Justine Keaton both have active careers and active hobbies. What effect will the impending arrival of their first child have on their lifestyle?

• Kennedy family 67 Water Lily Lane

§1,300

Difficulty: 1

Erin Kennedy

Erin Kennedy is a long-term military woman who was recently transferred to town. Making friends has always been difficult for her, and she worried that things might be the same in this town. Will her fears come true?

• Koffi family 433 Sunnyside Boulevard

§3,500

Difficulty: 1

Gobias Koffi

Gobias Koffi is a well-meaning single Sim who just hasn’t met the right woman. Is this because he actually prefers the company of his male friends?

• Roomies household 260 Sunnyside Boulevard

§3,050

Difficulty: 4

Tamara Donner, Emma Hatch, Stiles McGraw, Cycl0n3 Sw0rd, Blair Wainwright

Can five young adults from five different backgrounds really stand living together in a single house? Just about every personality is represented in this wacky household...but who is the exceedingly plain guy who doesn’t socialize with others? And how did he manage to get his own room?

• Sekemoto family 24 Sim Lane

§2,550

Difficulty: 3

Yumi Sekemoto, Leighton Sekemoto, Sam Sekemoto

Yumi Sekemoto has recently moved in with her son, Leighton, to help him raise his toddler, Sam.

• Single Moms household 330 Oak Grove Road

§3,700

Difficulty: 4

Fiona McIrish, River McIrish, Molly French, Sandi French

Fiona McIrish is used to living alone with her teenage daughter, River. But when Fiona’s best friend needed a place to live with her own young daughter, Fiona readily invited the two to live in her home. Will Molly be the perfect housemate or Fiona’s biggest regret?

• Steel family 373 Skyborough Boulevard

§1,000

Difficulty: 1

Christopher Steel

Christopher Steel is lucky by nature. Things have always come easily for him, which is starting to get boring. Now that he’s in a brand new town with no friends or job, how will he fare?

• Ursine family 5 Sun Song Avenue

§1,500

Difficulty: 1

Claire Ursine

Claire Ursine is a reclusive angler living by the ocean. Since she lives alone, she is hopeful that no one will notice her unexpectedly changing waistline.

• Wainwright family 53 Maywood Lane

§2,900

Difficulty: 2

Susan Wainwright, Boyd Wainwright

Susan and Boyd are techno geniuses who spend all of their available time with electronics. When their daughter, Blair, was a child, they bought every toy she asked for in the hopes that she would amuse herself and give them more free time for their hobbies. Now that Blair has moved out on her own, the Wainwrights are thinking of converting her old room for their next big project...

• Wan-Goddard family 1 Sun Song Avenue

§2,100

Difficulty: 2

Pauline Wan, Hank Goddard

Pauline and Hank are certain that they will be 2-gether 4-ever because they have so much in common: parties, the beach, and music. The only question is whether they can maintain their lifestyle.

• Wolff family 500 Sunnyside Boulevard

§25,000

Difficulty: 2

Thornton Wolff, Morgana Wolff

Both the arts and having children are very important to Morgana Wolff, but she has just learned that her new husband, Thornton, actively dislikes both. Oops. Can these newlyweds save their young marriage? Should they even try?

• Working Friends household 270 Sunnyside Boulevard

§2,850

Difficulty: 3

Madison VanWatson, Monika Morris, Tori Kimura, Ayesha Ansari

Four women trying to make their way in the world have come together to share this house. Madison and Monica [sic] are best friends forever, Tori is a best-friend wannabe, and Ayesha is the tomboy who couldn’t care less.

Returning families

• Bachelor family 12 Sim Lane

§3,100

Difficulty: 3

Simis Bachelor, Jocasta Bachelor, Michael Bachelor, Bella Bachelor

The Bachelors are a tightly knit family and Simis sees to it that everything – and everyone – is in its place. Now if only the other neighborhood kids were as well behaved as his Michael and Bella.

Roomies household and Crumplebottom family

• Crumplebottom family 230 Redwood Parkway

§20,000

Difficulty: 1

Agnes Crumplebottom

Agnes Crumplebottom hadn’t even changed her last name to her husband’s when an unfortunate accident on her honeymoon ended their marriage. Between her growing bitterness and her husband’s ghost scaring away gentlemen callers, only the bravest Sim would ever even try to win her heart and fortune now.

• Goth family 13 Skyborough Boulevard

§50,000

Difficulty: 3

Gunther Goth, Cornelia Goth, Mortimer Goth

The Goths have lived in town since time immemorial. The aura of gloom from the nearby cemetery suits them, but can a young boy named Mortimer grow up to be well-adjusted in such a place?

• Landgraab family 10 Summer Hill Court

§75,000

Difficulty: 3

Geoffrey Landgraab, Nancy Landgraab, Malcolm Landgraab

The Landgraabs are old money. Nancy’s family more or less founded the town, so it was no surprise that when she married Geoffrey, it was Geoffrey who changed his last name, not Nancy. Will young Malcolm be a mild-mannered doctor like his father or a voracious business tycoon like his mother?

• Langerak family 14 Sierra Tango Street

§3,400

Difficulty: 4

Kaylynn Langerak, Zelda Mae, Dustin Langerak, Parker Langerak, Iliana Langerak

Kaylynn Langerak cleans up after her brother and stay-at-home dad while her mother works all day. Now Kaylynn’s Aunt Zelda has arrived with a jungle of half-dead plants in tow and things are messier than ever!

Homeless Sims

These Sims are pre-made, but homeless when Sunset Valley is first loaded.

Abraham Finkel Anne Song Artie Page Dave Ramsey Dorothy DeMayo Gage Briody

Ian Bowler Milton Tong Narcissa Vatos Sue Scotch Sunny Bakshi

NPCs

Davy Linnell (Babysitter) Candy Ashleydale (Babysitter) Robbie Bland (Burglar) Twyla Summers (Burglar) Adam Andreasen (Firefighter) Lilian Gore (Firefighter) Edward Poley (Magician) Willow Hennessy (Magician) Grady Elfman (Maid) Kate Pistachio (Maid) Lane Clementson (Mailman) Alma Tanti (Mailwoman) Skip Javeed (Newspaper delivery boy) Cora Francisco (Newspaper delivery girl)

Torgo Pendragon (Pizza delivery boy) Autumn Cusack (Pizza delivery girl) Eugene Hunter (Policeman) Tia Rose (Policewoman) Clark Sauer (Repairman) Tuesday Sears (Repairwoman) Alan Watanabe (Repo-man) Amanda Gerstein (Repo-woman) Nate Morita (Science geek) Jane March (Science geek) Alessandra Thistle (Social worker) Linda Duran (Social worker) Jake Roland (Social worker) Casper Santos (Social worker)

Deceased Sims

Anabelle Oinkslopes (Electrocution) Basil Flores (Fire) Big Steve Underwood (Starvation) Charity McNichol (Old age) Chester Landgraab (Old age) Cornelius Nelson (Old age) Enola Green (Old age) Enriqueta Bachelor (Fire) Erdrick Gnomeheim (Old age) Erik Darling (Drowning) Gaylord Koffi (Starvation) Gertrude Flansburgh (Old age) Gretle Goth (Old age) Jennie Clavell (Drowning) Joel Astroman (Starvation)

Kermit Landgraab (Old age) Kitty Landgraab (Old age) Lewis Su (Old age) Lolita Goth (Electrocution) Milton Bachelor (Old age) Nida Khan (Old age) Opal Suarley (Drowning) Prudence Crumplebottom (Old age) Queenie Landgraab (Fire) Ransom Clavell (Drowning) Simon Crumplebottom (Old age) Tragic Clown (Drowning) Victor Goth (Old age) Vincent Skullfinder (Old age)

Subdistricts

The downtown is very distinct, but the rest of the town lack any meaningful ways to divide into approximate neighborhoods. Summer Hill Court comes close, but only has 4 lots. Maywood Lane, Landgraab Ave, Oak Grove Road, and Redwood Parkway, could highly arguably be combined into one southern villa district.

Smartphone version

Sunset Valley was totally different in the smartphone version. The park in the middle of town was replaced with a small lake, and only a few neighborhoods and families from the PC version were found here.

Sunset Valley (Smartphone)

Lake on Sunset Valley (Smartphone)

Trivia

Secret Mine in the Night.

Rock mural with the sun, plants, snails and snakes.

Rock mural depicting an alien attack on ancient Sims.

The misplaced road segment.

• The abandoned mine can be found close to Pinochle Point, there are glowing yellow eyes peeking out of it during the day and night.
• In the rocky gully in between Crystal Springs and the Llama Memorial Stadium, there are archaic rock murals that depict snails, plants, snakes, aliens firing lasers from their spaceship, ancient Sims holding spears running away from the attacking aliens and monkey-like creatures approaching the alien ship.
• Many players believe that Sunset Valley is Pleasantview several decades before The Sims, where it is called Old Town. Others believe it cannot be as Gunther Goth, the founder of Pleasantview, would have been too young. Sunset Valley is set 50 years before The Sims 2 and 25 years before The Sims. Also, some believe that Sunset Valley is set on the West Coast because of the way the sun sets and rises. However, there is also a real-life city in Texas also named Sunset Valley.
• In EA's Burnout Paradise, an area is also named Sunset Valley which may have given its name.
• As the Sunset Valley description states, there seems to be a rivalry between the Landgraabs and the Altos. Meanwhile, the Goths are living elsewhere in town and seem to have nothing to do with it.
• There is a Simhenge located far back from Pinochle Pond just across the hills in the outskirts of Sunset Valley. Nothing is much known about it other than being rich in deposits of iron, metal, gold and such. Though there are no major occurrences happening in that part and it doesn't seem to have any connections with the Goth family even supposing it stands close to the Goth manor.
• In MySims Party DS, Joseph mentions that he is the best fisherman "west of Sunset Valley". Though, MySims Party DS came out before The Sims 3.
• The Roomies household may be a spoof of The Real World where different strangers, with very different personalities, live together.
• Many NPC service Sims in Sunset Valley share similar facial features, eye color, hair color and some clothing between each other. All of the NPC Sims have their voice set to Voice Type A for both males and females with the pitch dead center.
• The character Gobias Koffi is a spoof of the character Tobias Fünke on the television show Arrested Development. The Funke family also shares his surname.
• Mosquito Cove, a name of one of the uninhabited lots, shares a name with a vacation spot, in the popular American sitcom, The Simpsons.
• Sunset Valley is mentioned in The Sims 4, specifically when getting a postcard through the computer. It is mentioned how "everybody and their mothers used to live at Sunset Valley" and how times have changed, an easter egg directed at The Sims 3.
  • Additionally, there is a social interaction titled "Joke about Sunset Valley" under the funny category.
  • Higher-level Sims in the law enforcement career (usually the Chief) will note their new officers to have "originated from Sunset Valley" if they become too casual with them.
  • If the player reaches level 10 of mixology skill, he/she will be able to make a drink named "Sunset Valley". The player also can buy it at bars if the bartender has high mixology skill.
• A misplaced corner road segment can be seen on the ocean of Sunset Valley.

Gallery

The Official Prima Map of Sunset Valley.

Postcard

What a beautiful morning!

A view of Sunset Valley from above the Goth Home

The Sunset Valley Cemetery at night

Sunset Valley's town square at night

An intersection showing the school, diner, hospital and gym at night.

An above aerial screenshot of the same intersection at night.

This photo features the police station and a part of the town square at night.

A night view of an intersection of the library, grocery store, movie theater, town square, and Bistro.

An intersection showing the public pool, hospital, art gallery, and school at night.

Some of the multiple mountains, valleys, and shorelines featured in Sunset Valley at night.

The military base at night.

A night view of Sunset Valley, main commercial area.

The Lighthouse over looking the far sea and guiding way to the Sunset Valley shores.

The military base in the day.

The Stadium.

The Science lab

The Wolff family home

Image looking out to the water and the lighthouse.

Sunset Valley in Autumn

What a lively night!

Iconless map view in Edit Town of the entire city (except SimHenge), made possible by exploiting multiple bugs related to portrait monitors and NRaas Traveler.

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