WAREHOUSE'S

The patch previously known as 1.5.1

Apologies for this taking forever and me disappearing off the face of the Earth, sorry if you've tried to DM me w/ issues, etc etc blablabla. I would like to say I'll be more active now but who knows, life is kind of sucky atm

New patches:

Mirror Reflection Settings - Tunes how far away mirror reflections stay visible. Push reflections out further (or rein them in if you've got a wall full of mirrors and want your frames back, mirrors are each their own little camera). Patch idea from Boring Bones

Animation Blend Tuning - Clamps animation blend (transition) durations to a min/max, so transitions that snap can be smoothed out and slow blends can be made snappier. Also includes a forceBlendOut option that lets through blend-out times the engine would otherwise discard. Big thanks to @thepancake1 for the patch!

Split-Level Lighting Fix - Makes lighting not stop at a single level - lot-bound lights now pass the engine's 'world light' filter in outdoor rooms and terrain lightmaps. May cause a bit of light bleed near walls/floors. All credits to Arro-Now!

Brady Bunch BEGONE - The engine fills unlit/dim rooms at night with a fake blue ambient (the "Brady Bunch Blue" apparently). This allows you to change them or to (ideally) zero the values so unlit rooms render without the gross blue glow. Patch idea from Arro ,thanks!

All four are experimental for now, they'll graduate one day...

Updates/Changes:

CPU Thread Optimization - Fixes Alder Lake+ CPU issues correctly now (hopefully).

Lighting Quality - Improved blur math precision to prevent color banding, plus an additional fix for rooms gradually darkening over repeated passes. Blur is now energy-preserving so it stops drifting the average brightness down.

Startup Warning Dialog Fix - New Hide Dialogue setting that prevents the dialog from being created at all, rather than making it visible.

So, I assume most of you don't know, but there is a bit of drama inside the Paralives community. It's funny because this whole thing is revolving around The Sims 3.

TwistedMexi made his first paywalled "early access" mod called Sims 3 Camera, and I've been working on the same thing as he was. 1. Let's get the "clone" allegation out of the way first.

(Source: TwistedMexi's discord server)

TwistedMexi is accusing me of cloning his mod, but let’s look at the facts. Thankfully, I always use GitHub, so the commit dates are there to prove it.

(2026-05-26 22:27:02 +0200) is a timestamp of the first commit with hash d82ddd909e06833b0f8d5d439ad602d04a4f3e08

(2026-05-27T19:57:44.000+00:00) is a timestamp of the publication date of his Patreon post.

Honestly, I didn't know I could see the future, but ok.

2. The second thing I want to address is that currently there are a lot of awful comments directed at Tmex. PLEASE do not harass other creators.

3. Regarding early access and paywalls: My mods are developed in my spare time as a passion project. I believe in keeping my work accessible to everyone, which is why all of my content will remain completely free, forever. I believe the community should play a role in maintaining projects if the original creator steps away, which is why I always share the source code for my projects Free mods are a pillar of a healthy community, whereas paywalls only lead to gatekeeping and unnecessary drama. My hope is that more creators choose to release their mods in a way that prioritizes community growth and shared resources.

A reblog would be greatly appreciated to help spread this message.

Thanks for reading,

store overhaul: adult female shoes

it's going to take a while to finish all of the adult female store content, so i figured i'd share the categories separately to get them out faster.

what does this include?

shine reduced/removed from all shoes

new cas presets

flags updated + maternity added

sounds fixed

4to3 simkoos IKEA Collection

Presenting...the largest set I've ever converted!

All credits go to @simkoos for the mesh and textures. [TS4 original]

📌 Some important notes:

Info on individual objects can be found here.

The DUNDERGUBBE box has 5 presets, only one is CAStable.

The FRAKTA bag is not CAStable, left it like that since IKEA only has blue and yellow as its bag color (also, the mask would be difficult to make - yeah, yeah I admit I'm lazy lol).

The JÄTTESTA shelf unit is almost as high as a full wall, so a slightly shorter version is also included, which has same height as the EKENABBEN shelf.

The KALAS utensils (except for the cutlery) are stackable.

The KLUNKA laundry basket is functional, so you need either Ambitions, Town Life, University, or any of the store hampers to function properly.

The XL rug has a total of 36 presets, so they are divided into two sets of 18 presets each (idk if it's just me but I can't imagine scrolling across presets that plenty lol).

These items have a reasonable polycount for gameplay (highest was around 2k+)

Since this a large set, I've also included a collection file (aisquared4to3simkoosIKEA_COLLECTION.package) to put in the Collections folder.

📌 Items not converted...(and reasons why)

UPPLAND seating set: looks a lot like the EKTORP set, which can be found here, here, and here.

POANG armchair: already converted here and here.

JULES chair: already converted here, here, and here.

MALM dressing table (with mirror): no need to be converted since a separate mirror could just be placed on top of the empty dressing table (also there are no functional vanity tables in TS3), and while I attempted to convert the separate mirror I couldn't get the reflections right so as a workaround I just edited a TS3 mirror to make it look like the TS4 counterpart.

FAMNIG HJÄRTA cushion: already converted here and here

UNDERHÅLLA blocks: would have wanted to make it functional, but I haven't any way around making toys, maybe next time I'll give it a try.

DOWNLOAD: Simfileshare | Mediafire

@ohrudi said: Played Paralives for countless hours yesterday and I have to day, it’s different. More like a crossover of Sims and Stardew Valley and very ambitious too! I reported about 20 bugs yesterday 😄 But I have to say, I already like it. It’s not replacing Sims in any way yet for me, cause for that it has way too few content and long term playability, at least for now. But it will make things in the sims bubble better for sure as well. Such a fresh take to the live sim, brings new ideas to the genre. @anitmb Whats your take on paralives? ❤️

I completely agree with you.

I've played Paralives now for 17.7 hours and here are my thoughts.

Do I like it? Absolutely.

Am I having fun? Yes. Way more than I thought.

Will it replace TS3 for me? Not right now, but... I do see it's potential of one day doing so. I really like the art style, the open world, the hints of things to come like gardening, maybe businesses (hopefully Para owned), laundry and so much more. I also like that it has TS2 style ageing from the start, because rotational play is my things.

But the fun I'm having in Paralives is different from the fun I'm having in TS3.

Paralives fun is more - exploring a new thing - kind of fun. I'm only playing one household, Hebert and Solene, because I'm assuming that with updates I'll have to move them multiple times before the game is done. Also the town they are now living in, is not a town I want to have as my "forever town". So I'll do a legacy with this one family and let them have 1-2 kids and keep the kids in the household so when at some point I'll need to restart the town (or move to a new one) I can take the whole household with me.

TS3 fun on the other hand is more storytelling and immersive kind of fun. I started TS3 once during the week but I wasn't feeling it and went back to Paralives. That made me think about am I really done with TS3? So today I decided to play TS3 and see how it feels and ended up spending the whole day playing a survival game with the newly single Olivia Goth who had just enough funds to build a 3x3 shack on an empty lot after her divorce. I honestly wasn't expecting to fall in a deep TS3 gaming session, but it was a good reminder of why I'm not ready to switch yet.

The other thing that I noticed was that when I was playing Olivia and she started her new life, I was immediately getting story ideas and seeing her future goals and kind of thinking about what her life will be when she's an elder and looking back. With Hebert and Solene on the other hand, I don't see past the present. They are doing stuff, but there is no story.

The one thing I know I'm done with in TS3 is modding. Even thought there is one more tiny mod I've been wanting to do for years and there are a few bugs I would like to fix in my old mods, just the thought of having to set up the modding environment is a big no. That's why it was so refreshing to mod for Paralives, because you can do it all in game. Just go to the mod section, make a new one and start exploring the interactions and all the things the game lets you edit.

So yes, I am really enjoying the game, but I'm also not ready to give up TS3 yet. Currently Paralives can't fully give me the type of gameplay that I want to play. But who knows, maybe in a year or two, when I'll finally cave in and buy a new gaming computer, Paralives might be good enough that I will switch to it fully.

I'm still on a break from TS2 conversions, but I have a few WIPs and I'm not sure what I should focus on once I'm back from my break 😅

store overhaul: teen female

finally sharing this for public download after many moons working on it. i originally shared this on my patreon for early access, but i decided to go back and re-work some things.

what does this include?

shine removed from all items

new cas presets

flags updated

sounds fixed on all shoes

💜 Quynnii’s Decades Challenge Masterlist

Decades CC for T33 can be hard to find compared to TS4, so I’ve put together a spreadsheet of all the CC I've came across.

It's an ongoing project, but hopefully it’s useful for anyone doing historical gameplay or decades challenges.

This mod contains two new interactable objects: a pottery wheel and kiln.

Ceramics can be crafted on the wheel, and then fired in the kiln with a chosen glaze.

As Sims level up, they unlock more ceramics to craft.

Hope you enjoy!

Read more and download on MTS!

Added translations for Korean, Portuguese BR, Spanish ES, and Russian

It is here, TS2 to TS3 conversion tutorial 😊

You can find the tutorial on MTS. Or if you prefer as a PDF from SFS.

So excited to announce that I'm a #ParalivesPartner and have gotten to play the game early!

No Social Group Influence Required for Promotion by TinyScholar

"Removes the Social Group (Rebel, Nerd) influence requirement for promotions in the University Careers (Art Appraiser, Videogame Developer). Note: The Sports Agent career (Jock) is unchanged because it never required Social Group influence. ____ This mod is meant to be used alongside a mod that removes Social Groups from the game. For example, this (https://modthesims.info/d/676492/no-social-groups.html) one. And preferably alongside one that allows access to University Careers without groups or cheats, like this (https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...nce-levels.html) one. Unfortunately this old mod is no longer available for download. If anyone knows of an up-to-date one, please let me know.

...continued on MTS."

Around the Sims 3 | Elections

Not on request this time, but something I needed for my own games: election kits. I'm not sure it's something you could use, so I tried to offer you other systems than the french-looking one. Should be a must-have for Sims citizenship! ;D