Sims 3 Mod/CC Reblogs

💡 Slider Set: "Hat Control" by aWT | my Russian translation

All located in Head -> Global

- Move the bone left/right (X-Axis) - Move the bone up/down (Y-Axis) - Move the bone back/forth (Z-Axis) - Rotate the bone (X-Axis | Y-Axis | Z-Axis) - Scale the bone (X-Axis | Y-Axis | Z-Axis | XYZ-Axis)

💡 Slider Set: "Glasses" by @oneeuromutt | my Russian translation

All located in Eyes -> Global

3. IMPORT YOUR IMAGE Click the Browse button and select your file.

4. CONFIGURE THE CHANNELS On the right side of the window, you'll see checkboxes for each color channel: Red (1), Green (2), Blue (3), and Alpha (4).

Check the channels that are present in your image. Usually, these are the first three, but if your image has transparency, you can also use the fourth one.

Each checked channel can be recolored in-game with its own color. For each checkbox, you can set a default color by clicking the color swatch or entering a HEX code.

5.  SAVE YOUR PATTERN Fill in the Title and Description fields. Choose which in-game Category your pattern will appear under, and pick a Surface Type it will imitate (for example, fabric or wood).

If you imported your image in a format other than DDS, check the Use DXT compression box.

Click Export to create a .Sims3Pack file.

6. CONVERT FOR SIMS MEDIEVAL For the pattern to work in TSM, you'll need to convert it to .package format using Sims3Pack Multi Installer or any other equivalent tool.

7. Place the file in your Mods folder and test it in game.

Cool!

✨ HOW TO USE THE ALPHA CHANNEL?

Every color you see on screen is created by mixing Red, Green, and Blue - these are the three RGB channels. The Alpha channel is a fourth channel that doesn't store color information; instead, it stores transparency levels for each pixel.

White (255) means fully opaque - the pixel is completely visible

Black (0) means fully transparent - the pixel is invisible

1. Open your image in a graphics editor that supports DDS files.

2. Go to the "Channels" tab and create a new channel by clicking the icon at the bottom.

3. Select the area you want and fill it with white.

4. Save the image in DDS format.

These are not my own creations, I only converted them. Huge thanks to the wonderful original author.

💗Credit SimonettaC

These are not my own creations, I only converted them. Huge thanks to the wonderful original author.

💗Credit @deniisu-sims

note: all items are standard 1k textures

jetset eyeliner

flagged for female only, teen to elder

1 recolourable channel

moonbeam gloss

flagged for female only, teen to elder

3 recolourable channels

rhinestone eyes

flagged for female only, teen to elder

1 recolourable channel, 2 presets

found in the costume makeup section

siren eyeliner

flagged for female only, teen to elder

1 recolourable channel

summer renaissance eyeshadow

flagged for female only, teen to elder

3 recolourable channels

sunburst eyeshadow

flagged for female only, teen to elder

4 recolourable channels

sunkissed blush

flagged for both genders, teen to elder

1 recolourable channel

sunshine highlight

flagged for female only, teen to elder

2 recolourable channels

found in eyeshadow section

twinkle blush

flagged for female only, teen to elder

2 recolourable channels

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Requirements

This world requires the following expansion packs: World Adventures, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations, Pets, Supernatural, Seasons, University Life (so all but Showtime, Island Paradise and Into the Future). It does not require Stuff Packs, and there is no custom content.

In the library and some houses I used potted plants from the free Earth Day set released on The Sims 3 Store. It is entirely optional, and if you don't have it the plants will be removed or replaced with a base game one. Even if you are missing some EP, the items associated with it will be removed, but the world will still function.

The world has its own custom lighting, the same one you find in EA's Dragon Valley, but you don't need Dragon Valley for it to work. It's a very golden, warm light, and provides some pretty beautiful sunsets.

Lots

This world has 101 lots: 51 commercial, 32 residential, and 18 empty ones.

All rabbit holes from the base game, Late Night, Pets and Supernatural are included. Since the town is spread out across the island, there are two grocery stores/diners and two bookstores/spas.

The world features a library, a graveyard, a junkyard, an art gallery, a dry-cleaner, a consignment store, a nectary, a gym, a public pool, a horse ranch, an arcade/bowling alley, a beauty salon, a fire department, two cat jungles, two dog parks, three fishing spots, four beaches, and six parks of different sizes (including a festival lot). The town is roughly organized into neighborhoods, and I tried to include at least one hangout spot in each of them. All of the community lots are my original creations, but the salon might look familiar: it's a mirrored and modified version of the Serenity Retreat EA created for Sunlit Tides. The skating rink in the park near the nectary changes according to seasons.

Almost all the houses were built based on actual plans from various architectural sites (the credits for each are indicated in the lot descriptions). All of them are furnished and decorated. They come in different sizes (but mostly 20x30) and prices; 4 are starter homes, while the most expensive (Broken Bow) is around 236k Simoleons. Sometimes you may find empty rooms: it's by design so that you can do what you want with them. Some houses are already prepared to accommodate pets or even horses; in general, I'd say they are quite pet-friendly because many are single-story and have no stairs.

There is room in the world to add more lots, particularly on the road going to the nectary and the ranch area.

Population

There are about 60 Sims (evenly divided between males and females) and a dozen pets living in Brynmar, divided into 20 households each with its own story. Their ages cover all life stages from toddler to elder; none of them are occults. There are also 3 pregnancies in their early stages. Most Sims know at least one skill, have a job, and have relationships and friendships outside their household.

Not all the Sims were created by me: some families actually come from EA's Roaring Heights (say hello to the Capps and Thebes). Store content that came with them has been removed.

NPC Sims will be randomly generated by the game, so I recommend installing the Random Sim Fixes 2.0 mod by LazyDuchess to avoid them all looking the same.

Overviews

Cjplays

Overview

Campground Map

Hiking Skill

Collectibles

Foraging

Ailments, Injuries, Fear, and Insects

Chance of Death

Campground Map

Price: §1690 Category: Sporting Goods 2 CASt channels Poly Count: 650 poly Created by Around The Sims 3

Hiking Skill

Hiking is a 6 level skill, and is primarily gained by sims going on hikes under the new “Hiking…” pie menu option on the Campground Map.

There is also a new hiking skill class available at the Stadium rabbithole for §300.

As your sim increases their hiking skill, they will unlock longer hikes and the ability to hike at night.

Going on hikes also raises a sim’s athletic skill, albeit slower than a traditional workout.

Sims who get hungry while hiking will automatically eat, though there is a chance that what they eat may make them Nauseous or fall into a Dark Slumber (poisoned).

Sims with low bladder need will “go in nature,” but they also have a chance of getting the Itchy or Poisoned moodlet after the fact.

If a sim becomes too tired, too hot, or too cold, they will abandon the hike early.

Hiking cooldowns vary depending on how long the sim’s hike took to complete and give sims the Fatigued moodlet.

Sims with the Athletic or Adventurous traits, or with a high Athletic skill will have their hiking cooldown cut in half.

Child sims with the Scouting skill (if The Sims 3: Generations is installed) will get a boost in the hiking skill when they age into teens.

Day hikes can take place between 8:00am and 8:00pm, and night hikes can take place between 8:00pm and 4:00am.

Sims can only hike in sunny weather or during a reviving sprinkle (if The Sims 3: Supernatural is installed), unless they have completed the Seasoned Hiker skill challenge.

Sims cannot hike when it is actively snowing or when there is snow on the ground.

By completing the Expert Hiker skill challenge can lead Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced hikes during the day to earn extra simoleons.

Upon successfully completing a hike, sims will have a 2% chance of finding a gnome and a 1% chance of finding a genie lamp.

Hiking Skill Unlock Levels

Level 1: Beginner Hike

Level 2: Beginner Night Hike

Level 3: Intermediate Hike

Level 4: Intermediate Night Hike

Level 5: Advanced Hike

Level 6: Advanced Night Hike

Collectibles

While out hiking, sims have a 30% chance of finding collectibles of varying rarities like gems, metals, space rocks, insects, and wildflowers.

Certain traits or occult states can either increase or decrease your chance of finding collectibles by 5% (note: this value stacks the more traits or occult states your sim has):

Increased Chance - Lucky, Gatherer, and Loves The Outdoors

Decreased Chance - Unlucky, Loser, and Hates The Outdoors

Night Owls, Vampires, and Werewolves also have a 5% higher chance of finding collectibles on night hikes.

Day hikes and night hikes each have their own set of collectibles that can be found.

Additionally, the longer the hike, the higher the chance of your sim finding rarer collectibles.

All wildflowers can only be found during the day, and the same space rocks can be found both during the day and at night.

A full list of collectibles can be found on the download page under the header “Collectibles.”

Foraging

Sims can go foraging using the “Forage” interaction on the Campground Map. 

Going foraging will give sims a 30% chance to find harvestables, seeds, and honey/beeswax. 

Certain traits, skills, or occult states can either increase or decrease your chance of successfully foraging by 5% (note: this value stacks the more traits, skills, or occult states your sim has):

Increased Chance Traits - Lucky, Gatherer, Loves The Outdoors, Green Thumb (or Gardening skill level 5 or higher), and Super Green Thumb (lifetime reward)

Decreased Chance Traits - Unlucky, Loser, and Hates The Outdoors

Night Owls, Vampires, and Werewolves also have a 5% higher chance of finding harvestables while foraging at night.

Sims can forage during the day or at night for 2, 4 or 6 hours at a time, with day foraging and night foraging yielding different harvestables/seeds.

Sims who get hungry while foraging will automatically eat, though there is a chance that what they eat may make them Nauseous or fall into a Dark Slumber (poisoned).

Sims with low bladder need will “go in nature,” but they also have a chance of getting the Itchy or Poisoned moodlet after the fact.

If a sim becomes too tired, too hot, or too cold, they will abandon foraging early.

Foraging cooldowns vary depending on how long the sim’s foraging took to complete and give sims the Fatigued moodlet.

Foraging also carries a 2% risk of contracting Botinitus Minorous, which will turn your sim into a PlantSim.

Upon successfully completing foraging, sims will have a 2% chance of finding a gnome and a 1% chance of finding a genie lamp.

A full list of foraging harvestables/seeds can be found on the download page under the header “Foraging.”

Ailments, Injuries, Fear, and Insects

Both hiking and foraging have a chance of giving your sims different ailments or injuries, scaring them, or giving them encounters with insects.

When hiking, there is a 25% chance of a sim developing an ailment, a 40% chance of injury, a 35% chance of fear, and a 25% chance they encounter insects.

When foraging, there is a 40% chance of a sim developing an ailment, a 25% chance of injury, a 35% chance of fear, and a 25% chance they encounter insects.

All of the possible ailment, injury, fear, and insect moodlets are listed below:

Ailments: Allergy Haze, Nauseous, Itchy, Poisoned, Soaked

Decreased Chance - Lucky, Athletic (or Athletic skill level 5 or higher), and Hiking Skill (level 4 or higher)

Increased Chance - Unlucky, Loser, and Hates the Outdoors sims have a higher chance.

Injuries: Ouch My Face, Hurt Hand, Hurt Foot, Singed, Tortured Soles, Hydrophobic, Bitten, and On Fire

Decreased Chance - Lucky, Athletic (or Athletic skill level 5 or higher), Adventurous, Brave, and Hiking Skill (level 4 or higher)

Increased Chance - Unlucky, Clumsy, Absent Minded, Loser, Coward, Daredevil, Hates the Outdoors, Tired moodlet, and Sore moodlet

Night hikes also have an increased risk of causing injuries.

Fear: Scared, Horrified, and Terrified

Decreased Chance - Lucky, Brave, Adventurous, and Hiking Skill (level 4 or higher)

Increased Chance - Unlucky, Loser, Childish, Coward, Dramatic, Over Emotional, Neurotic, and Hates the Outdoors

Insects: Mosquito Bite Low, Mosquito Bite Mid, Mosquito Bite High, Bee Sting, Bee Attack, and Got Fleas (Human)

Decreased Chance - Lucky and Athletic (or Athletic skill level 5 or higher)

Increased Chance - Unlucky, Loser, Childish, Clumsy, Coward, Absent Minded, and Hates the Outdoors sims have a higher chance.

Note: If a sim is wearing mosquito repellent (from The Sims 3: Island Paradise), they will not get bitten by mosquitos while hiking or foraging.

Certain moodlets like Bee Attack, On Fire, and Terrified will end a sim’s hike early.

Chance of Death

There is also a 5% chance of a sim dying while hiking via drowning, burning to death, or blunt force trauma.

Certain traits, skills, and moodlets can either increase or decrease your chance of death by 5% (note: this value stacks):

Increased Chance - Unlucky, Clumsy, Absent Minded, Loser, Daredevil, Hates the Outdoors, and Tired moodlet 

Decreased Chance - Lucky, Athletic (or Athletic skill level 5 or higher), Adventurous, Brave, and Hiking Skill (level 4 or higher)

Note: There is no chance of death while foraging.

Tuning

All of the tunable values can be found on the mod download page under the header “Tuning.”

Conflicts & Known Issues

This is a new script mod so there shouldn’t be any conflicts.

Uninstallation

Same as with other custom skills, removing the hiking skill may cause issues in saves where the skill has been used. I have created a new cheat called “uninstallHikingMod” to remove the hiking skill from any sims in the world and cancel all hiking interactions that may be active, but use this mod with caution.

Credits

EA/Maxis for The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, Around The Sims for meshes and textures, Visual Studio 2019, ILSpy, s3pe, and Notepad++

Thank You

Thank you to @aroundthesims, @flotheory, @puffkins2000, @nectar-cellar, @omedapixel, @zoeoe-sims, Mihaia10 on ModTheSims, and plumblossom on Discord!

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