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With DXVK and S3SS living their high days, older Sims 3 installment guides are rapidly starting to become outdated. So here's a brand new and up-to-date step-by-step guide to go through when you do a fresh install of your game that will help you get the best performance you could possibly imagine for this old and laggy gem of a game.
Have Sims 3 installed, but is it performing abhorrently? I highly recommend a fresh install. You don't have to delete your saves or mods. Just get yourself a fresh bin to work with by uninstalling, going into your program files The Sims 3 folder and deleting any remnant files still in there. Then follow my guide!
All of the steps to follow are below the line ->
Step 1: install your game through your respected platform.
Just follow the regular steps and install the game without adding any other stuff yet whatsoever.
(I personally have a legit copy of the Sims 3 on Steam. If you use another app and have any questions, I'll probably not be able to help you.)
Step 2: run the game once through the official launcher. Once you get to the main menu, you can quit again.
It is very important you run your game through the original launcher at least once after installing it. Not doing so can cause problems with programs like CC magic. You only need to do it the first time. After that, we'll be skipping the launcher entirely.
Step 3: Create a short cut of TS3W.exe on your desktop.
You'll be skipping the launcher from now on. This helps with performance and it starts up your game much faster. It is also important to do this because of DXVK.
You can find TS3W.exe in your bin folder. For me (Steam version) it's in this location:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 3\Game\Bin
Right click TS3W.exe, click 'show more options' and choose 'create a shortcut'. Place this shortcut on your desktop and Run Sims 3 from there from now on.
Step 4: Run the GPU Add-on Support patcher
You can find this patcher here. It is essential to run this because Sims will otherwise not recognize your graphics card unless it's over 10 years old. This patcher helps to get your GPU recognized.
The patcher will create a new Graphicsrules.sgr and new Graphicscards.sgr for you in your bin folder. After installing this, you can move the ones that have _old behind them somewhere else (or delete them).
P.S.: if you pirate your game you'll have to do this manually, there's guides online for it but since I have a legit copy I can't help you here.
Step 5: Install DXVK
Make sure you follow this guide by Nornite and do every single step. Don't skip anything!
I'd say DXVK is pretty essential nowadays, especially if you have a modern graphics card with 6GB of VRAM or higher. It'll greatly help to keep your game stable and can prevent a lot of crashes. The way Dxvk works, is that it loads textures through your VRAM instead of your RAM. Especially when you use a lot of CC or HD textures, this will make a huge difference for your RAM usage. Sims 3 can only use 4GB of RAM at once and will start crashing once you hit the 3GB mark in your task manager. With DXVK, you will use a lot less RAM and it'll take much longer for your game to reach this hard cap.
When not to install DXVK: if you have a shitty GPU (like an integrated graphics card on a laptop, or one with 4GB of VRAM or less).
Step 5: Start up the game
Use your new desktop shortcut that also has 'run as administrator' permissions now if you followed the DXVK guide properly.
Step 6: set up all your settings through the ingame options menu
The best graphics settings for you will highly depend on what computer you're using. But there are some things you should always turn off because they negatively affect performance. I will share my (relevant) settings with you (I use a custom UI so your screen style will look a little different from mine). Click on the images to enlarge them so you can read them:
Things of note about these settings:
I recommend you play in windowed mode, especially if you plan to use ReShade. Playing fullscreen is possible, but it does make Reshade presets behave differently in your game. I will include a step in this guide that you can follow to play windowed borderless. So, when you plan to do this: make sure you set the resolution to your display resolution.
Enable object hiding helps with performance. Advanced rendering is essential because otherwise your game looks like absolute shit.
Set your High Detail Lots to any value between 2 and 4. Don't go lower or higher, because you'll get rendering issues that lag out your game.
All other graphics settings can be set to your heart's desire. I'd say start with the highest settings and only go down if you notice your frames per second are bad.
Disable shop mode and lessons and fully disable memories or use this mod to severly limit them. Disable interactive loading screens as well. These are all performance eaters. Interactive loading screen also causes crashes. Memories also don't do anything for your sim, it's just a scrap book with no in-game effects.
Disable any online mode feature. This also lags out your game. Unless you really want to use these features it's best to just play fully offline.
Save your settings, close the game again.
Step 7: Install Sims 3 Settings Setter
This is the most recent magic genie that Sims 3 was blessed with. Especially combined with DXVK it is a life changer. Installing it is simple. You download the most recent version here and drop the .asi file in your bin. Also grab 'wininet.dll' from here and drop that one in your bin too.
Start up your game and load up a save. Once you're inside your save, you press 'insert' to open up the menu for Sims 3 Settings Setter. Go to the 'patches' tab and enable what you like. These are my enabled patches and they all work really well for me, but feel free to experiment with them to find your own performance sweet spot:
Only enable uncompressed textures if you have a GPU with at least 8gb of VRAM. My game will use over 6gb of VRAM easily with this enabled, so you've been warned.
Once you have everything you desire enabled, press 'file' in the top left corner and click 'save settings'.
Step 7.5: if you're playing windowed mode: go into the Other/QoL tab and enable 'Borderless Window'. Set it to 'Full Screen'.
Save your settings and close your game again. No need to save the game you entered for this unless you want to.
Step 8: Install Nraas Errortrap, MasterController and Overwatch
These 3 mods by Nraas are pretty much essential to keep your game from breaking down in the long run. You can download the mods here. Have you never installed a mod for Sims 3 before? Here's a guide (skip the part about Sims3pack and go straight to the part where it explains how to install .package mods).
That's it! You can now play The Sims 3 and it'll be as smooth and stable as it'll ever be. From here on, you can stock your game with more mods and CC (check out my mods masterlist!), or you can install Reshade (here's a guide).
Some important things to keep in mind while playing:
Clean up your game regularly. You can easily do this by using Regul Save Cleaner.
When you install a new mod or update/change Sims 3 Settings Setter, always restart and clear your caches.
Use CC Magic for installing CC, because it merges your files and this really helps with performance. Here's a handy guide on how to use it. Don't put your script mods in here, just your CC.
If you plan to travel to vacation destinations in the EP World Adventures, Nraas Traveler is a must to prevent most of the bugs and crashes that happen in this expansion.
Always keep in mind: mods and corrupt CC can still break your game, make it laggy or unplayable. Always be mindful of the mods you add, so you can always trace any issues you're having back to the mod causing it. I highly recommend not downloading a ton of mods in one session, but adding them step by step and see what they do to your games performance.
Use 'Reset the entire town' from Nraas MasterController at least every other sim week. It'll help clear up any lag that happens because of NPC sims getting themselves stuck routing or annoying stuff like that.
Got a slow CAS? Use Nraas MasterController Compact mode! (Make sure you have the Nraas MasterController Integration module installed).
Navigate to NRaas > MasterController > Settings > CAS.
Set the following to True:
Show in Compact Form: Accessories
Show in Compact Form: Clothing
Show in Compact Form: Hats
Sims 2 Skin Adjuster Program V2 (Create your own custom skintone!)
Hello, this is version 2 of my skin adjuster program.
Firstly, what is the "why" of this program?: If you've ever made a custom skin in the Sims 2 you know how tedious it is to do because you have to manually edit each bmp file and there are 40 bmp files for just one skin. This program aims to help in that. With this program if you want to quickly blend skins or adjust the color, saturation, etc. you can do it quickly in an instant, and the program will apply your changes to all the bmp files, no need to do it manually anymore! It's like an automated Photoshop.
If you've seen my Tumblr post on the V1 of this program, here are the the main updates that i made since then:
1. UI for the program, not command line anymore yay!
2. Teeth and eye areas of the skins are now unaffected
3. Added a color overlay feature
Quick no sound, straight to the point video demo of the program:
Disclaimer: This program only works on Windows. Also, if you use Bodyshop instead of SimPe to import or export the bmp files of the skins, there will be a slight reduce in quality, to no fault of my program. This is due to the compression problem of Bodyshop (I talked about it in a previous Tumblr post).
Download the Program here (Mediafire)
All types of feedback are welcomed!
Happy Simming!
Note: not sure if i explained it well but, for the output folder, you can either make a new folder or use a folder that already exists. If there are already bmp files in the output folder, the program will replace those.
P.S. Took me a while to write this Tumblr post. I was already done but Tumblr didn't save it : /
Itโs so cool that in the year since I last played, thereโs been so many awesome CC creation developments. Makes me so excited to start creating again
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I bring you a mini-collab with @episims! A while ago they came across these really neat species-style posters by artist Julio Lacerda. If you know your Pokรฉmon you might recognize them, but it's done so well we both felt they would fit right into Sims 2 as species that may exist in its universe. We can always use more science-y decor, and now your biologists, marine biologists, bird and insect aficionados have some great options for their offices and homes.
There are birds, insects, marine life, arthropods and plants from different regions of the Pokemon world, but courtesy of Epi's good work replacing the text with simlish, you can invent your own backstories for what region they originate from :)
There are 14 recolors total, you'll find them on Artig. For more options on shape, please see these great add-on sets 1, 2 and 3.
Download on Dropbox (swatch images included in the zip)
This is a 4to2 conversion from EachUisge, low poly. It's an accessory for male and female, toddler to elder. Comes in 5 colors, with custom icon.
DOWNLOAD HERE
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If you want to support my creations, you can send me a donation with Paypal or Ko-fi โ If you want to ask for a Paid Commission, HERE you can find more details. Thank you โค๏ธ
โ Did you know that there's a mechanic in the game with which your teen Sim can learn the current teen hangout in town from another teen? Probably not, because silly EA set the chance to learn this to 0. This tiny tuning mod will enable this function in your game.
โ Additional information can be found on the download pages.
You know how it is with tons of recolors. With this UI mod, Design Mode window is a bit wider and fits a row of 10 recolors, instead of 5.
Choose a version for your UI: maxis original / clean / starship ๐ค
Credits to maxis, @greatcheesecakepersona, and @simstate for the images I edited to make this mod, and to @tvickiesims for recoloring one rug a million times :) this doesn't even begin to address the issue, but I did what I could.
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I wrote each site a summary so you can get an idea of whether youโd consider that specific site useful or not.
**All of the links are still working as of June 2023 **
Some dead links have been fixed via the Wayback Machine and are still largely accessible/downloadable that way.
Iโll keep checking for and editing dead links, but if you notice one try pasting it into the Wayback Machine. Thereโs a pretty good chance at least some portion of the site was archived, along with its downloads.
SimExplorer - Program/utility
โข Lets you view & edit objects/textures - Useful for seeing textures of walls/floors to help with organizing/deletion
โข Official Maxis TS1 patches, some unofficial/original game mods that change/improve gameplay eg skilling on community lots & more community lot visitors, and hacked objects that summon NPCs or change sim attributes
The Sims Depot - Programs for CC, objects, houses, skins
โข Both original creations & a Maxis-created download archive, including programs like the og HomeCrafter & SimPose
โข Themed skin/object sets eg fantasy, post-apocalyptic, steampunk, etc. Mostlyย โalternativeโ goth/punk, but also has skins with new skintones & body shapes, and pop culture skins eg Lady Gaga, Danaerys, Michonne, etc. This is the origin of that gigantic Loch Ness Monster pet skin, but they also have a fox & alligator skin!
Sims of the World - Skins/heads, objects, walls/floors
โข Many historical eras, Asian & African culture, X-Men characters, etc.
Nocturnal Marketย - Objects, walls/floors
โข Mostly grungy/apocalypse themed object sets, with a few other themes eg ancient ruins, city street signage, medieval, etc.
โข Gothic themed; Object/build set themes vary more than the skins eg steampunk, carnival, 1950s bowling alley, french quarter, etc. My favorite TS1 window/door set Iโve ever found is from here!
Around the Sims 1ย - Skins/heads, objects, walls/floors, build sets
โข Pretty much everything is a themed/matching set. Also lots of deco clutter, especially for bathrooms/kitchens.
โข Mostly themed object sets like mid-century modern, rustic, minimalist, etc.
Fantasy LostWorld - Skins/heads
โข Click on โLes Sims 1โ in the bottom left; Mostly Final Fantasy skins, with random anime style heads.
Parsimonious - Skins/heads, objects, walls/floors
โข Similar to ATS with themed sets like clutter deco, medieval, eye-searing neon, fancy luxury, etc. The sets create brand new community lot aesthetics like the Makin Magic duel arena in fancy white stone, or rustic style restaurant objects.
Gnohmonโs Sims 1 Goodies - Objects
โข Hacked & modded objects that do totally new things like a phone that automatically raises relationships while the sims are on the lot, a chair that sims can walk through to avoid traffic jams, and a plant that raises motives.
Treasured Twice
โข This siteโs dedicated to archiving all the creations of TS1 CC creators as sites & forums have disappeared over time. There arenโt many previews or download details as thereโs just so much stuff, but their attempts at preserving CC seem pretty notable.
This next section is for sites I know less about but found via โAffiliatesโ pages. They also have fewer downloads than the above sites, usually because itโs a personal page for a single creator.
I donโt think anyone shared this effect before? Iโve cloned it from one of TS2 deco effects by Sophie-David (MTS). Object will spawn fireflies in live mode. Seasons EP is required.
Found in Buymode/Decorative/Misc for 12 S.
Decorative Fireflies Fx
10.03.2034 Update: Added alternative edit by @episims that makes fireflies disappear during the day and show up at night time!
โฆ Download (SFS)
* I use cyan fireflies default by Simsample. No, actually, itโs this one by 4amMist.
* hot tub is by @hugelunaticโโโ - my water edit. Original is here (MTS).
Recently @kayleigh-83โ shared her functional sleeping bag cloned from the original by Raynuss and reminded me this thing existed. I considered cloning another one but eventualy I decided to edit the original mesh. I made it look more like what it actually is: a sleeping pad or beach matress.ย
My recolours are also compatible with the old version.
RDNโs Functional Sleeping Bag
Edit & Recolours
Download: Box | or SFS
Update 08.03.24: ACR-compatible mesh edit is now available, you can download it HERE (SFS) - just the mesh
Polycount: 1120. File name has been edited. Animation is exactly the same as when Sims collapse and fall asleep on the floor. Some clipping will occur.
Credit for making it ACR-compatible goes to @episimsโย who instructed me how to do it. Turns out removing the last (5) line in BHAV โFunction - initโ does the trick. Sims will not use the edited sleeping bag autonomously tho.
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The most anticipated collection of my recent pattern survey is finally here! 35 fabric patterns, ranging from corduroys and jerseys to linen, terry cloth, herringbone, wool, and even velvet.
Short TOU: Do not reupload, give credit where it's due, no paysites/early access
Please mention/tag me when you use my patterns! This is a huge motivation for me to make more! ๐
I tagged this as Ts2 resources but that is actually a download. I'm pretty sure it still can be used for cc making but do not try to put it in ts2 game it won't work
So I was looking for a round table with neat tablecloth that's not too low-poly ..and had to make it myself lol. I also made an add-on bar table , it requires mod "Barstools at bar tables" by @morepopcorn
"Customer's First Dining Table" [BV] add-ons
Round Cafe Table, Bar Table & Recolors
Download (SFS) Add-on table polycounts: 840 and 2230
Also included one recolor for "Great Taste" Dining Table (Basegame) - bar table base pulls textures from it.
This other add-on started as an edit of existing mesh but then I changed every part of it:
Gearhead Double bed [AL]
Download (SFS) Polycount: 3118 (including bed groups)
Enjoy!
*Bar table is yet another object inspired by Central Perk Cafe interior, lower left pic features this bar stool.
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