✰ kyllsims ✰ carái tinky winky ✰

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

I've been pretty quiet on here, but that doesn't mean I've stopped simming! First up I'd like to say thanks (and sorry!) to all the lovely people who've sent me messages :) I'm gonna try my best to reply to everyone asap!

For christmas I wanted to share something special - so here is the public release of the first version of my Decorating Tools mod (or S3DT)

Quick Description - This mod adds hotkeys to the game to allow you to move objects up/down, left/right and rotate in all directions, similar to T.O.O.L for TS4 PDF Guide included below!

To my wonderful patrons - thank you for your support <3 I feel bad that real life has gotten in the way of me delivering more content to you all, so I'll likely be closing it soon! If it's possible, I'll also refund the last couple of months due to my inactivity. Anyone who wants to can still donate to my Ko-Fi

MOD INSTRUCTIONS AND DOWNLOAD BELOW THE CUT

SUBTLE BUILD GRID ACTIVE LEVEL ONLY

I’ve always found the grid in build/buy mode slightly distracting, especially the terrain grid which is always visible unless you select the terrain paint tool. This mod makes it so only the active level has a visible grid - like in Sims 4. You can still manually toggle the indoor grid on and off as usual. Grid opacity has also been lowered and the terrain grid made white instead of blue. Now you get a clearer view while you’re building and you can just switch to the top level when you want a totally unobstructed view of your build!

I would have preferred if all the grids could be made to toggle with the “indoor placement grid” toggle, but I couldn’t figure out a way to do that, so this is my imperfect workaround - If anyone else can, I’d be ecstatic! Would also love for the “B” hotkey to be bound to the wall tool instead of the basement tool like it is currently ;)

This is a really simple edit. If the grid is too faint for you, just extract the DDS files from the package and tweak the alphas to your liking.

Hope somebody else finds this useful, enjoy! :3

I frequently get asked about what mods I have in my game. Here is a masterlist compiling every single gameplay and “fix” mod I have in my game. This does not include hair/clothes/makeup etc. Just my mods!

Last Updated: 7/5/24 - added “Higher Hot Air Balloon“ and “Food Visual Overhaul”.

Click “keep reading” to see the entire compiled list!

RESIDENTIAL

↳ Osaka House by simsrepublic 20X20 WA, Ambitions, Late Night, Generation and Seasons are required.

↳ Town House by simsrepublic 10x10 WA, Ambitions, Generations, Showtime, Pets, Supernatural and Seasons are required.

↳ ULTRAtiny! family starter NoCC (Exchange) 7x10  Blog and preview here (Japanese).

↳ Japanese Sakura Style by Annin Tofu Studio 40x40 Japanese Traditional Design. No CC.

↳ Traditional Japanese mansion 60×60　Residential Lot No CC Blog and preview (Japanese)

↳ Japanese ‘Machiya’ Apartment 30x20 A traditional japanese house with onsen and zen garden. NO CC. Blog and preview (Japanese)

↳ Old Japanese House + 4 Garden 40×40 Residential Lot, no CC Blog and preview (Japanese)

↳ House in the Country by Fayesta Minimal CC and so beautiful!

↳ Apartments on Hospital Street by fayesta 2 room starter apartment EP: University Life, Pets, Generations, Seasons

↳ Small Family House by fayesta 25x25 lot 3 bedroom, LDK, 2 baths & laundry.  Requires EP: Generations, University, Late Night, Seasons

↳ “Tonari no Totoro” (My Neighbour Totoro) House by fayesta 20 x 30 Basic CC listed Requires EP: Pets, Seasons, University, Late Night, Generations

↳ Old Family House, by fayesta 20 x 25 6 room, 2 bath, very little CC EP: University, Seasons, Pets, Late Night.

↳ Renovated Traditional Home, by fayesta 30 x 30 CC included EP: Late Night, Seasons, Pets and Sunlit Tides installed for flower shrubs (optional)

↳ Fujiwara’s House by fayesta CC included

↳ A Japanesesque modern style “large” family home by fayesta cc included Requires: Pets, Late Night EP. Sunlit Tides (optional, some garden items used)

↳ Sleepy Apartments by fayesta 30x30 Requires: Pets, Late Night EPs and Sunlit tides (optional)

Moon Family home by sushisims Based off of the Tsukino home from Sailor Moon :P CC list included

Basic Home by JapanHome 30x30

Yubaba’s Onsen, from Hayao Miyazaki’s film “Spirited Away”

COMMUNITY

↳ Floating ZEN Sushi Bar by Annin Tofu Studio 10x14 Irasshai! What kind of sushi do you like? After enjoyed exploring the tropical isles, you must be hungry! This Japanese zen style sushi bar features “Open for Business Bistro” and “Itadakimasu! Japanese Inspired Dining” from store items. Have fun! No CC.  Blog and preview here (Japanese)

↳ Japanese Village Shrine 40×30 Commercial Lot (Small Park), no CC Blog and preview (Japanese)

↳ Japanese Karaoke Snack 15×20 No CC Blog and preview (Japanese)

↳ Hangout over the Bar by fayesta 20x20, CC listed

↳ Beach-side bar by fayesta CC listed separately

↳ Densha Station (Train Studio) by fayesta A community photo lot but easily converted to residential. CC list included. EP used: University, Generations, Seasons, Pets, Late Night

OTHER

↳ 11 commercial and apartment lots by fayesta CC free

I took overhead screenshots of the downtown area so you guys can see exactly what's going on here and why it's taking me 5,000 years to build. Most of the buildings are shells, with only the exterior complete. I decided to not decorate the insides of most of them since I'm not really creating this town for actual gameplay. Less items means less time rendering the lots.

“Hello~ Recently I was directed to your tutorial on converting clothes and I find it very helpful. However do you know how to convert objects too? Because I’ve been wondering how to convert objects from The Sims 4 to The Sims 3.“

- PM

You’re in luck, dear simmer. The way I do it, converting from TS4 to TS3 is just as easy as converting from  ☆ TS2 to TS3 ☆ . Follow that tutorial to wade your way through the muck of Milkshape. This tutorial just gets you covered on getting the meshes and textures OUT of TS4 so you can work with them. ;) 

Upwards and onwards! ^0^

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Welcome to Murf’s School of Crap and Crap-Making!

School Motto: Prepare to be tortured! For Science!

Lesson #9: TS4 to TS3 Conversion

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Alright, so there are THREE different tools you can use to extract the textures and meshes out of TS4 objects CC, and an extra you can use solely for CAS CC.

There’s S4PE, the updated TSRW, and, the one that I personally like using, Sims4Studio.

Start a New Project in Sims4Studio, by clicking My Projects and opening whatever .package file you want to work with.

When you’ve selected a file, you’ll get a 3D screen and a bunch of crap on the side. Go to the Texture and Mesh tabs.

Depending on what you’re converting, the CC might come with 1 or more Swatches (color variations). Click each Swatch you see, and click the green Export button to extract them (.dds format).

In the Meshes tab, there’s a dropdown list for LOD0/½/whatever, so click each of them and press the green Export button for them, too.

The meshes come in .blend format, a Blender file (the program’s free; don’t panic). Luckily, it’s super easy to extract the golden .obj files out of Blender.

Just double-click the .blend file it gives you, and wait for Blender to load.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO is go to the File menu, scroll down to Export, and then scroll down to Wavefront (.obj). Click that, and it’ll take you to a screen to save your mesh as an .obj file. Click Export OBJ and you’re done!

Now you can go into Milkshape and mess with everything! ^__^

I have never updated my TSRW past 2.0.80, so I can’t vouch for how it’s done there, but with S4PE it’s the exact same process you’d use with TS3 mesh and texture extraction:

Start a New project in S4PE:

Import whatever .package file you want to convert.

(Resource menu, and scroll down to Import > From Package)

You’ll get a handful of silly prompts; click Import, then No when it asks you to Auto-Save. 

Then you get a screen of crap. Two steps left!

In the Tag menu, find the ones labeled _IMG and MLOD. The Img is the texture (in .dds format) and the Mlod is the mesh (in .lod format).

You’ll need the proper plugins to get .dds files to work in Photoshop/Gimp, and .lods for (I think?) Blender. Someone might have to correct me on this; I have a S3PE .lod plugin for Milkshape, but I never got around to looking for one for TS4.

Again, read the  ☆ TS2 to TS3 ☆ tutorial to follow my steps on working with the mesh and textures in Milkshape.

um tutorial simples, espero ajudar alguém. a simple tutorial I hope it helps someone. 

pesquise sua textura. search texture.

opcional: mude o tamanho da imagem a ser pesquisada. optional: change the image size to be searched.

(sim eu uso adblock por que não presto. >:3) << ignore it

Selecione o corte e com o botão direito clique em “1x1” Select the cut and right click on “1x1”

Procure a area mais “limpa” e clique com o botão direito para cortar Look for the area “cleaner” and click the right button to cut

Agora faremos um “pattern” util para varias coisas, precisamos colocar as extremidades no centro e vice versa. Now we will make a “pattern” useful for many things, we need to put the ends in the center.

selecione as duas “layers” (camadas) no canto inferior direito e aperte “ctrl” + “E” para unilas select the two “layers” in the lower right corner and press “ctrl” + “E” to unite them

depois de colar o lado direito no esquerdo faça o mesmo com a parte de baixo after pasting the right side on the left do the same with the bottom

para simplificar o que aconteceu: to simplify what happened:

antes before

depois after

agora você só precisa camuflar as linhas, use o carimbo ou blur, sinta-se livre. now you just need to camouflage the lines, use the stamp or blur, feel free.

preste atenção nas bordas. pay attention to the edges.

Agora vamos a segunda parte, salvar a textura para que possa ser usada. Now let the second part, save the texture so it can be used.

Clique em “edit” e “Define Pattern” Click on “edit” and “Define Pattern”

Como aplicar? Abra a imagem que deseja, abra uma nova layer clique com o botão direito e selecione “Blending Op….“  How to use? Open the image you want, open a new layer click the right button and select "Blending Op ….”

você pode mudar a opacidade aqui mesmo, ou no canto inferior na layer. you can change the opacity right here, or at the bottom in the layer.

opcional: colocar em multiply Optional: put in Multiply