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The people of Gaza are dying. The roads, the hospitals, the houses, everything is being bombed and there is no way out. There is barely electricity and clean water, no shelters nor warning systems. The few functional hospitals are already over full, and this is all happening in an area that has already been affected brutally by the Covid pandemic. Our family and friends are recording their good-bye messages. Gaza is completely shut off from the rest of the world. No one can leave. They can’t become refugees. The entire strip is about the size of 1/5th of London. And it is being bombed from air, land and see - day and night.  I am doing everything I can to raise awareness and to collect money. Gaza is in desperate need for food, blood, medicine, fuel, bandages, shelter, water… And they are in need of us speaking up to end the massacre that is currently happening.  I have reactivated my Patreon, and everyone who wants some new cc and builds can pledge there. All money will go to humanitarian aid for Gaza. There is plenty of other places to donate, if Sims builds isn’t your thing. The Palestinian Red Crescent society, for example. I also encourage all of you to use your platforms, however small you might think it is, to enhance the voices of Gaza and spread the word to your community.  @sundays-sims​ @eniosta​ @minc-sims @hel-studio​ and @Daeron, I have no words for any of you. These amazing creators has put together this beautiful collection of CC, 30 pieces, to help with the collection and spreading the word. I am so grateful for your work and your time and your talent. All the following CC can be downloaded on my Patreon, right here: DOWNLOAD, in exchange for donations. 

Just a quick mini tutorial on how to remove the dynamic shadows in TS4. I am all for dynamic shadows, but in my opinion, they have been poorly executed in TS4 so I found a way to turn them off for myself. I have been asked recently how I do it by @zhutra and @zellybeanie which reminded me that I was planning on writing up a tutorial for it. 

Generally, dynamic shadows are not enabled in the low light settings, same with a lot of other effects that I wanted left on. This method allows you to just turn off SSAO without a hit to lighting quality like sun shadows. Do note, with every patch or repair game, this needs to be carried out again as the sgr file reverts back to its default state. 

Update: If you are a Mac user and having issues finding the right file to edit, kiwisims4 gave a quick how-to on finding it. Find the post here:

http://peacemaker-ic.tumblr.com/post/146931912609/hi-i-just-have-a-question-how-can-u-make-sense-of