potatosimslife

⋒   Patch day tomorrow…July 26th   ⋒

My to-do list today:

Back up my saves.

Remove all mods - UI mods, script mods-everything that affects core game behavior. In other words, if it makes the game function differently, take it out. (I keep them in numbered folders so I can grab them all and move them outside of the mods folder.)

Delete the file localthumbcache.package from your Sims 4 My Documents folder.

The save I plan to play in after the patch: open it without mods installed and create a new save point using “save as”.

•  If you don’t want to deal with things breaking right away, turn off automatic game updates. Go to Origin > Application settings and look for the heading Client Update and make sure it is grayed out to turn off auto updates.

Then, go into offline mode through Origin before you start your game. It won’t prompt you for an update.

•  Last but not least, please please be patient with the wonderful creators of custom content and mods. Quite a few things will probably get changed behind the scenes with this patch and EP. They are people, too. They may want to just play the game like you. Give it time, give them grace.

And hopefully, we won’t have too many tears tomorrow ..lol!

The Cats and Dogs EP corrupted all my saves and I have a routine now that has worked for me.

And if you have something to add, please do. I really do believe in “sharing is caring.“ It is how I have learned so much over the years.

When I started playing the Sims Medieval game, I was having trouble finding cc content. I’ll post a list of what I use, maybe it can help someone.

Everything that I have listed here can be used simultaneously.

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Important  visual mods for a more beautiful and realistic world:

Lighting mod by Nilxis  +  Lighting tweaks by Gelina - My favorite lighting mod, which gives the brightest and most beautiful colors and dynamic shadows that add realism. I use them together, Gelina has instructions on how to do this.

Milky Way by Nilxis - You can use any default of stars, this is the most unusual and bright.

Realistic Clouds by Nilxis - Very beautiful and realistic clouds.

Moon-Moon by Potato-Ballad-sims  - At the moment I use this default, it is bright and well combined with lighting mod.

Camera by Shimrod  - A much more mobile and convenient camera, much better than the one originally available in the game.

Tower/Clinic Shell No Holes in the Wall by Shimrod101 +  Tower/Clinic Shell Replacement Walls/Roofs by Shimrod101 - Down with this ruin! Normal walls of the clinic and the magician’s tower without chips and smudges. I use the color “Ice”.

Shells No Moss on Roofs by Shimrod101,  Shells No Grime by Shimrod101 - The absence of ugly stains on buildings and moss on roofs. The city will no longer look abandoned.

8k shadows - More beautiful and clear shadows.

Seasons of The Kingdom  - A collection of defaults for simulating the change of seasons from different authors.

Necrotized Pit Beast by Simmodder99 - A less bright and cheerful monster from the pit, this is exactly how it should look.

What will your world look like during sunset before and after:

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Mods that diversify the gameplay:

Grim`s Medieval Core by Grimreefer - The most useful and global mod that allows children to grow up, retire, adopt children, repaint any object that usually cannot be repainted, rename characters, enable debugging mode at any time, configure pregnancy of same-sex couples, lock doors. This mod smooths out all the angles of the game. I am using the latest version, no problems ever.

AutoCollect by douglasveiga -  A mod that allows you to send a character to collect any discovered plants with a single click. It is very useful if you do not remember where the bush that you need for the potion grows. If you like to play as magicians, spies and healers - you can’t live without it.

Forsaken+Shimrod SocialsBothFullVersions  - A mod that adds a lot of actions for the relationship of two Sims. Especially often I use “Seduce” and “Knight”. I have a version with autowoohoo.

Auto Save by Grimreefer -  If you constantly forget to save - it is for you.

Books and Medieval Recipes + Forsaken Recipes  - Adds a variety of new recipes, books and even simulate gardening.

Scrab and Sweep floor by Simmoder99 - Allows any character to sweep and wash the floors. Very cozy action.

Dictate laws  by  Simmodder99 - The opportunity for the king to dictate laws to the adviser.

Collecting stones in the cave and herbs in the forest  - Your cave and forest will no longer be idle - you can collect ingredients for crafting there. In the forest, you can get a different color, which can fall out of the bushes less often with a mod for new ingredients.

“Have fun” in the village tavern  - Now you can not only sleep in this tavern.

Improved bath  - 3 new bath actions that will add variety to the game. Arrange a spa day.

Play With Puppets by Shimrod101 -  The characters play with rag dolls, increasing their leisure time. The action is autonomous, which is why everyone around can start getting them. For myself, I turned off the autonomy in this action, if anyone needs it, you can get it here.

Refresh the bath water  -  The action available before only servants is open to all characters.

Read Proclamation  -  A new action for the monarch, which increases leisure time.

Ring the Bell  -  A new action for all the characters, which increases leisure time.

Play With Teddy Bears by Shimrod101  -  A game with teddy bears, available for adults.

❕❕❕Laundry - The action of washing clothes, slightly improving hygiene.

❕❕❕ Tell Fortunes - In the tents, you can tell fortunes by hand.

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Mods that add more logic to the game:

Well 50 buckets  - More buckets of water in the well, because 15 for an entire kingdom is very small.

Call birds less often  by Forsaken  - All the townspeople around are such poultry farmers. The mod removes the autonomous call of birds at every step.

Marriage Gifts by Forsaken- More useful wedding gifts.

Red wine  -  Replaces rose wine with a more familiar color.

Exp for restringing and for the sharpen of the sword  +  Exp for playing the fiddle   +  Whittle Get Exp by Forsaken  -  Accrual of experience for actions for which it would be logical to accrue experience.

Populous II: Plus by Simmoder99 - Your king will have many more servants. do you want to demand food, and the servant has left? Ask someone else. And it also looks very good visually. There are guards and servants everywhere in the castle.

40 cells for spells  -  A mod so that the magician can memorize and use all the skills at the same time.

Same energy for all beds  -  It is logical, because you can get a great night’s sleep even on the ground.

Bear hunting is available for everyone  -  I have an option in which all combat characters can hunt a bear.

Joint walks and hunting  -  This is from the category of “It’s not clear why they didn’t do it initially”. Characters can hunt in groups and invite other characters to join the hunt and walk.

More interactions 20 by Simrecruit  -  When playing for several characters at once or during the collection, this helps a lot.

Drunk as a Skunk by Shimrod101 - After 3 glasses, a drunken buff appears.

❕❕❕Training with a mannequin lowers hygiene - Corrects the illogic of the fact that training does not affect hygiene in any way.

❕❕❕Important events - the mod prolongs the bad and good effects of important events like a wedding or death.

Mods that change the balance  for the better:

Improwed barrels  - Free cooking, 30 servings, more than the cost of a drink in the tavern.

All spells cost 5 units of energy -  Initially, all spells cost an unfair amount of energy, which is enough for 1-2 spells. This mod changes that.

Large Recipes 12 serves by Simmoder99  - This is much more convenient than 4 servings, which are immediately disassembled.

Sleep when you want to  -  It is very convenient if you want to sleep in advance or occupy one of the characters with something.

More votes  - The standard voting system is simply ugly, no one ever votes for your decrees. With this mod, your decrees are more often accepted.

Easier interrogation chair  -  Another disgusting system in which you don’t know what to click to make it work. Using the chair becomes much easier.

The rich Monarch  - A king should be richer than a knight and a merchant. It is most expensive to equip the castle. Pay for petitions, for purchases in public places. I am using a version that includes 6 children.

Free time mod  -  The mod is very useful for just playing and enjoying, and not constantly rushing to finish the quest.

A new system of fishing  -  More realistic fishing, in which the fish does not disappear from its point. You can queue up actions in one place.

Pregnancy is longer/shorter  +  Sweet babies  -  I use a pregnancy size of 3 days and babies growing for 7 days.

15 % chance of pregnancy by Shimrod101 - Much less chance of getting pregnant + the characters almost always make the bed for themselves.

Low Fat Sims by Shimrod101 - Sims don’t get fat after every overeating.

Better patrol 50 by Arglaar -  This is how patrolling should actually work.

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Sliders:

Sliders for the body and More sliders for the body by Jonha

Height slider by Tashiketh

Arm and Belly sliders by pcfreack 147

Hat sliders  by aWT

Sliders for posture  by leefish

Eyelash slider  by S-Club

Slider x4 from Shimrod101

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Nude:

Male Skintone and less hairy Male skintone - default on the body. Choose only one.

Female skintone - more realistic body.

Anatomical details for men and For the woman 

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Mods for the fast game:

Intro Disabler - For a faster game launch.

Route fail animation replaced - Sims instead of having to swing your arms faster to switch to something else.

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Various small visual mods:

Default books  -  Down with these bright and too modern book covers.

Baby default  -  Default replacement of babies with a more cute option.

Chinchillas don`t sleep  - Default replacement of tree trunks, arrange an invasion of chinchillas in your kingdom.

Platter ,  White oven plate , Gold deep dish - Dishes in one color scheme

No zZ by Forsaken

No Shiny shrubs

No Fight effects

No musical notes

❕❕❕Default eyes - Eyes that are as well suited as possible for this part.

❕❕❕Some windows available for purchase - I can’t imagine building without placing windows. I always use it as a mod, because it’s hard to find all kinds of windows in debugging.

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Where to get CC materials:

@tatyananame  - Accessories, clothing, shoes, hairstyles and characters

MTS  - Fashion for every taste, defaults, skins, hairstyles, accessories, clothing

Sauris  - Clothing, hairstyles, accessories, paintings, carpets, defaults

Shimrod`s mods  - Mods, defaults

@simetriasims  - Hairstyles, clothes and poses!

@jacksonsdrumstick  - Characters with an interesting story

The Sims Creative Club  -  Russian website with different CC materials. Hairstyles, lighting, clothing. Registration is required.

Dragon Age in The Sims Medieval  -  Characters, clothes

RIKI’S SIMBLR - Hairstyles

❕❕❕ Folio of Fantasies - Characters from different universes.

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Helper programs:

RTSS -  Limits the fps for smoothness of the game and not to overload the video card. But there is one THING. Initially, I did not play the latest version of the game. And it didn’t work for me. So I can say that it only works on the latest version of the game.

Razer Cortex -  closes unnecessary background processes during the game and speeds up the game.

Dashboard tool - A very necessary thing for identifying duplicates

Compressorizer Redux - Allows you to compress custom content

S3PackageViewer - Allows you to view files in the format .package, shows file previews, making it easier to find what you need

S3PE - For editing, combining format files .package and create mods. 

WindowedBorderlessGaming - Allows you to make a window mode without frames. But it also works only in the latest version of the game.

Reshade - Allows you to make the game more beautiful. (But it loads the video card very much)

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Where to install mods and CC content:

Guide

Some guides:

My CC Guide

Full list of sliders for TSM

TS3 to TSM conversion tutorial  by @deedee-sims

Medieval S3PE Wrappers + Modding tutorial

TS2 UI MOCK-UPS

inspired by @lysiablr‘s ts4 ui mock-ups and @curiousxsubject‘s nasp 2.0 gameplay photos. i was looking for these when i started my bacc but only found ts4 ones. anyways, i finally sat down and made some for the sims 2!

💌 | download link + details after the cut

We run simblr blogs. We play dress up game on sims 4 game. This is a hobby. Someone having a big following doesn't mean shit and u shouldn't treat them like some kinda god. Same thing goes for people with big followings. Don't let it get to your head. People shouldn't feel forced to post content everyday. People shouldn't have to be on simblr everyday either. That's what I meant with this post. i hope it makes sense since this is doing the rounds and I'm getting dumb ass asks over this. I'm sorry I didn't make that clear for the crybabies of simblr 🙄 now stfu and let me continue watching Degrassi

Before we officially move on to generation 3, I gave Ji Hun and Phoenix new sets of clothes now that they're elders. I hope we still get to spend more time with them.

Kiana's makeover and her story will be posted at my new account: @potatosimslife