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here's a little engagement focused posepack! each couple also has their own dedicated pose, so you get 2 poses per couple. you can find the previews of the special poses on the download page! download & info [please read everything!] enjoy!!

I guess many of you don’t know it, but in 2011, when I still was learning how to use CAW, I started a huge project: a recreation of the city of Dubai. It was going well, but maybe it was too big for me so I lost the interest in continuing and I uploaded the files in case someone wanted to continue the project. Some time ago Ulises took the challenge: he has created many wonderful new buildings and has improved the city layout and many of the things I left. Today this world is finished so I’m proud and happy to share it with you.

Download: CLICK HERE (the world is in Spanish)

welcome to finnington! famed for its nectar, its music scene, and a rich local history of things catching fire, blowing up, or singing when they shouldn't. half the wharf burned down once, but it's been rebuilt better than ever! the waterfall's alleged madness-inducing melody remains unconfirmed, and ever since a certain scientist's experiment leveled the old town, there's been a tree in the square that nobody wants to talk about. sure, one mayor held office for a suspiciously long time, but that's all behind us now. new residents arrive every day, chasing their dreams. there's never been a better time to move in!

this is a save file for armiel's beautiful finnington, which you can download here.

my version of finnington comes populated with every townie having their unique skills, jobs and relationships based on their personalities. there is also a little tomb puzzle that requires exploring the town a bit.

download information

map size: medium populated?: yes required expansion packs and stuff packs: all expansion packs are required. this is a save file, not a world file, so the game won't open it if you're missing any EPs. no stuff packs are required. (i own outdoor living, high-end loft, fast lane, town life and master suite stuff, but the save should open fine without them.) included cc: awesims’s cornices jynx’s rabbithole rugs gosik & inge’s half landing cottage stairs not included cc: horusmenhosetix’s beetle eye contacts pixelswirl’s orchard skin blend defaults these are for the townies, but the save works fine without them, so they can be safely skipped.

download: finnington xoelands save file

please read the instructions very carefully as it might not work if you don’t!

this is a save file, so you'll need armiel's finnington world installed first. download it here. if you skip this step, the save file won’t work in your game.

once you download and unzip "finnington_xoelands", you'll see "Finnington_xoelands.sims3" and a "cc" folder inside

copy "Finnington_xoelands.sims3" to: Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves

everything in the cc folder goes to: Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages

i've been playtesting this save for a while. my game never lags unless i have the wild horse issue (explained under the cut). some slowness in the first few in-game hours of the day is normal, since that's when the game assigns NPCs and such. it usually clears up around the time the university mascot shows up at your door.

more information and pictures under the cut!

I just completed compiling all the lighting mods masterposts for all The Sims Games! (Except for The Sims 1 which I don't think has lighting mods) Enjoy!! (⁠｡⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♡

A mod that I have been developing for a while that changes things related to showtime ep: Npc shows, simfests and show stages

Recommended mod: Nraas register is recommended to make this mod function as expected

-Things Changed-

NPC Show Manager:

This is the feature that inactive performers will regularly schedule shows and tips daily.

-Will no longer create new performers. Whether a show will be scheduled depends on available residents and existing venues

-Instead of sending performers at 1 am, the performer will be sent to set up the stage 1 hr before the performance (and on clock). The map tag will only show if the performer successfully set up the stage.

-The isNPCShowScheduled check will be changed to false if the last schedule time already passed, allowing a new one to be scheduled.

-Inactives could be randomly send to perform tips on the street between 6 am(kPerformanceCareerTipStartTime) and 5 pm (kPerformanceCareerTipEndTime)everyday. I don't know why inactive sims won't receive the fatigue moodlet that supposed to stop it, so I created a new interaction for NPC with a timed stage, so that the performers will stop performing for tips depends on their fatigue level.

-Will not happen on simfest days.

-Could be disabled with kEnableNPCShows and kNPCPerformForTip in the tuning

Simfests:

-Completely removed the level restriction for inactive performers.

-Instead of calling performers once at the start and wait endlessly until someone on the venue is vaild to perform, the alarm will continue to fire the task to call performers to the venue.

-The minimum performers for simfests could be changed with kMinPerformerForSimfest (default 3). If there's not enough performers left in town to perform, a new sim will be created. These sims will be sent home at 1 am. They will be deleted by nraas register regularly if they do not hold special roles or have high relationship with the active family. *There's an issue that they will be immediately deleted on reload, I haven't yet find a solution for this*

-SImfest will end early if the completed contestents count equals kMinPerformerForSimfest.

-There is a interaction called "challenge for performance duel", which active performers can challenge others in simfests. However, the restriction was too hard to meet, so I removed the level restriction which makes active sims can challenge any performers that's level 1 or higher. This interaction is also avaliable on phone; I revemped the menu so that active sims can call any valid candiates to the venue. Sim who was challenged will visit the venue normally instead of taking a limo from the edge of the world.

-Can be disable with kSimfests

Show Venue Interactions:

-A new interaction called "Perform a Show" is added to all show venues in the world. This interaction simply allow sims to progress the career and skill in a rabbit hole. This interaction is avaliable on level 3. (kLevelToPerformInRabbitHole). The result of the performance will always be great though.

-Inactive performers will be regularly tried(kChanceToGoToRabbitHole) and sent to rabbit hole at 2 pm, so they will progress their careers(kNPCPerformInRabbitHole). The break days are Tuesday and Thursday(kDayForPerformersToWork).

-Active sims will perform for 3 hours(kTimeToPerformInRabbitHole), inactive sims will perform for 4 hours(kTimeToPerformInRabbitHoleNPC).

Setup Stage:

-Ability to set up stage for different type of instruments other than DJ booth: Guitar, Snake Charming Basket, Bass, Drum, Keyboard, Grand piano, Lazer Harp, Violin. Requires skill level 1. Performer will receive tips depends on their skill level. An instrument needs to be available in the personal or family inventory.

-To set up the stage for band, the sim needs to be in a band. The instruments will be cloned from sim's inventory, else a new one will be created on stage.

*Issue1- Do not have moveobjects on when exiting build buy mode

*Issue2- I was unable to stop other sims from joining the jam session, you can delete the instruments not needed.

Role DJ:

-Hire a DJ role sim from DJ booths on community lot with the "hire npc dj" interaction (requires testing cheats on)

-The DJ booth will be invisible in live mode, so type "DJMarker on" to show and access the object

-Sims will dance at the DJ booth instead of staring and requesting tracks...

Band Gigs:

-A new interacton called "audition for band gigs" is available on the proprietor (or bartender with 4 instruments on lot).

- Whether the audition is successful depends on the amount of gig played (no strict caculations on skill level etc.)

This mod is still in beta, and I hope to fix or add more things in the future!