Here we go, regard this as a sort of newsfeed for Simscave whenever it's down or inaccessible or if you for whatever reason need to get in touch with us and you can't access the site.
This post is for all you who have forgotten your passwords, usernames etc at Simscave:
The fastest/most reliable way to get back in is to just make a new account and use that. Use this option if you’re not attached to your username and/or don’t want to edit your old posts.
If you absolutely want your old account back pm Sorasunao with the new account and I’ll help you get access to your original account back, I’ll need your username & email address you registered the account with (+ in case the old email no longer exists then a new email where I can send you the new password to)
This is because I log here very rarely and just learned that apparently tumblr no longer sends me email notifications of messages so I won’t notice messages posted here.
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Latest update I have on GOS and S2A is that the old hosting has been resumed (i.e. paid for again) so that HugeLunatic can hopefully access all required files to pass over to the people who have volunteered to assist in upgrading and re-hosting the site, but their c-panel access hasn't yet been restored so it's a waiting game at this stage.
I'd also like to offer a formal apology to anyone who was offended by my post yesterday as it did garner negative feedback in comments and reblogs. I have taken the feedback on board. I did not mean to offend anyone with my tone or my words, and feel that most of the negative responses came from people who don't know me very well. I meant to offer reassurance, not condescension.
Be that as it may, as I've said I accept my tone did not sit well with some people and I accept why. If you called me out, I have read and accept your point of view. I will not be engaging in further feedback on this post.
should people @ you if we find the original download links to CC that were uploaded to GOS/s2a before the shutdown? do they count as unavailable cc? just wondering
Hello yolkema! I was just about to make a post about this, hope you don't mind me using your ask :-)
I'm aware of the GOS/S2A situation and I've been lurking. I wanted to see how it all turned out before making a post about it. @teaaddictyt shared an update where she explained that GOS/S2A aren't dead just yet, people are working on getting it up again. I've also reached out to @liquidsims if this is something they would perhaps be able to "mirror" like the old ts2 sites they have done before (if all else fails).
In the meantime, @simnostalgia scraped GOS back in 2023 and you can find it here. I also found this sfs link on reddit. There's also the mediafryer archive. For links, you can plop them into wayback, a lot of links has been saved but not all ofc. I've already stumbled upon some links not archived. To answer your question, yes, feel free to share the links you find!
I've seen people post some links etc already, and I will probably reblog those, and until GOS/S2A are up and running again, I will reply to asks looking for GOS/S2A content. But pleeeease include links* if you have them! Even if wayback hasn't archived it. And if the creator is still active, reach out to them first.
*It makes it so much easier for me, it's already hard enough as it is with Google's fucking (sorry) AI shit. If anyone has any recommendations for working image-search and search engines, please enlighten me.
Also, packrat turns 10 today! I was planning on celebrating with something, but it feels kind of odd doing that right now. But nevertheless, happy birthday to packrat! 🎉
Like many of us, I grew up with Garden of Shadows. To me, it was more than just a forum. It was a place I could ask for help, learn new skills and, best of all, find amazing content in any style I could possibly want. I loved the board names, the people, the themes; everything, really.
And I admit I was more than a little heartbroken to find it gone.
After mulling it over, I decided that I wanted to preserve what I possibly could. I spent a few hours yesterday running through strategies and ideas about how to best go about it, and the best I could come up with was, well, exactly the same.
So, here it is: the Garden of Shadows mirror forum.
I've only just started, but I hope to add a little bit to it every day. The primary focus will be on preserving all the knowledge and custom content. I'm tackling it myself, but if you feel so inclined, you're more than welcome to join in.
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PS. I am not here to offend, break Terms of Use, or to step on any toes. This is simply an effort to preserve content and knowledge for a game I have played and loved for over twenty years. Thank you ♥
I shared a box-link redirector nearly a year ago, and I've noticed recently that box links stopped working for me, even with my redirector installed. Some worked though, and I couldn't figure out why some would work and some wouldn't. After some aggressive googling I stumbled upon this thread and then I finally understood!
TL;DR: I've updated my redirector so please re-download: SFS
If you don't have it installed, install the redirector (chrome, firefox), download and then import my file and you're done. Please let me know if I messed up anywhere, and happy new year!
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Hello, still waiting for a response to my sign up request. It makes me sad to see glimpses of your goodies and not be able to access them
I sent you a private reply to the older message but I thought I'd reply to this one too so you know I've seen them and aren't ignoring you.
If you received no reply tumblr probably ate it so please send ask again with your email and username and I'll sort it out for you and email you the new password to log in. I obviously won't publish that information here and the message will be deleted as soon as I've sent you the new password. :)
I haven't logged in here since December and literally can't figure out how to actually answer asks here anymore so I'll just have to do things this way:
Hello this [censored] from thesimsworldnew. ru website. I was wondering if there was a way for me or you to delete my account from that website? If so, please let me know. If not, can you help me find someone who can help? Thank you.
We don't delete accounts. If you don't want an account at Simscave anymore simply don't log in again. And if you meant if I can delete your account at thesimsworldnew.ru that's also a no, I have nothing to with that site and due to language barrier can't help with figuring out how to delete account there either. :(
hi, what happened to the older ts2 updates? i can't see them.
@ anonymous, the old Simscave updates are still at the site, under Updates Archive and it should be visible to everyone according to board settings. If you mean there are lots of dead images that's unfortunately not something that can be helped, image hosts die all the time and they tend to take the pictures down with them. :(
@ Ali who sent multiple password reset request here, I sent you a new password via email, sorry for the delay! Posting this here just in case if you're checking here for notifications and not in your email folder. :)
My virus protector is blocking simscaves. According to my virus protector: One or more of this website's certificates are invalid, so we can't guarantee its authenticity. This happens when the website's owner hasn't updated the certificate in time, or if it's a fake site created by scammers. Visiting a website like this makes you more vulnerable to attack.
There shouldn't be issue with the site other than it not using the https, that's how it has always been though so this isn't something new, your virus protector is over reacting for some reason, you should be able to make exception for the site in its settings somehow.
Other thing that can cause issues is if your browser or some add-on is trying to automatically forward to the https version of the site, that would give you error message such as:
This site can’t provide a secure connection
simscave.mustbedestroyed.org uses an unsupported protocol.
ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH
or something similar depending on what browser you use. You'll have to figure out how to turn it off at your end unfortunately but the working link to Simscave is:
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I couldn't register on SimsCave forum due to an error "Invalid character in Username".
Try registering with a simple name without special characters such as I don't know, "Mike123", "Potatoes Have Toes", "I_love_the_Sims" or such? (yes awful suggestions but I couldn't think of better ones right now) I'm not sure what character you tried using but I'd imagine letters like å, ö, ä, ÿ, í etc might cause issues, and very likely Chinese/Japanese/Korean letters/characters do too and symbols such as ^ < > [ ] ( ) / # { } etc . I hope that helps!
Now you've probably seen the attempt before, people getting mad at tumblr and then making a 'Simblr' (Tumblr clone). Though, despite tumblr being sometimes a bit frustrating because of their changes, that's not why this site came to be...
I wanted a place where Storytellers, Creators, and just generic sim players can all be together and get the exposure and fun that they deserve.
Not only that, but also for a place where the TSM community and TS1 can belong somewhere too without the use of a forum.
And eventually, I hope we can make it the home for Life by you and Paralives when that comes out :)
Plus, it's also NSFW friendly! While the site is initially PG-13, we've got tags and profile settings that allow you to browse NSFW items as well.
Simblr.cc:
Discord:
Check out the Simblr.cc community on Discord - hang out with 3 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
What can I find on Simblr.cc exactly?
Anything for all sims games, really! TS1, TS2, TS3, TS4 and TSM
Practically anything you technically can find on Tumblr and really other sim websites. We've got...
Mods
I've specifically made filters for different games, and their needs in mind. For example, for TS2 there are so many awesome game fixes out there and clean templates, that you'll be able to navigate and find this easily.
Not only that, items can also be put in multiple categories! Especially great if you've uploaded a set!
You can also find Testers wanted only mods here if you feel like helping out fellow simmers with testing!
NOTE:
Mods do go through a "queue", but not in the same way as you may have experienced on MTS or TSR. I merely check if it's flagged as NSFW correctly, and then it's good to go! :) So the waiting time will be much less!
See TOU: Click me!
Eventually, I may see if I can get a bypass system in place, but that really depends on if NSFW isn't too confusing.
Work In Progress
To show off your work to others! Even if it's project #94882 that may never get released, any WIPS are fine!
Stories
It's really difficult to find new Sim stories or Legacies on Tumblr, let alone for these writers to get people to read their awesome stories! Hopefully this should make the process much easier now!
Also! You got any comic or "movie/cinematic" like stories? No problem! Just check the "carousel only" option, so no description needed!
Feed
... and for the Simblrs here, a feed to see all the people you follow, their content (stories, WIPs, mods and general posts)! Or, simply check out sitewide, or even game-related, what people have been posting!
Customizable profile pages
Just like tumblr, you can make your own profile page! With it's own colours and a pre-made theme. (if you need a different profile page, though, Let us know on the discord)
Want a peek? Here you go:
What about moderation?
While there's a report system in place, and the items in the queue are checked for NSFW, but users could still turn their non-NSFW to a NSFW, items may be stolen. So do report these as that will never be condoned!
Additionally, all comments you get on your mods, story, etc. Those are primarily moderated by you. You can delete them, you can turn comments off even if you'd like. If things really go wrong, you can always ask an admin.
Got any ideas? Feel free to share!
Since I really wanted it to be a website we all create together in some degree, if you have any features you're missing or would like to see, feel free to share on the discord!
Where are the Advertisements?
If you're currently not seeing them as of reading the post, that's because that's still being set up. This is merely to cover the cost of the website! Though, I promise you I won't bombard the site with ads, as that's just annoying.
PBK Archiving operation status report - March 8 2023
Okay folks, time for an update on the archiving situation:
First of all, thank you all so much for helping get the word out and for volunteering your time and energy. It's much appreciated!
Now then, I saw a lot of folks offering up their Sun&Moon stash. This is not needed. We're still active, nothing has been lost but some images. The other sections need saving, NOT Sun&Moon. Focus your efforts elsewhere.
In another bit of news: the spreadsheet has been joined by yet another spreadsheet, which we hope to fill with all the CC we can find. The whole idea is to fill in the names and creators link to what we have and any blank spaces left in the end will tell us how much data we lost. This sheet goes into more detail and lists topics and creators in subsections.
As some category pages are inaccessible, it's a bit tricky to estimate exactly what we do and don't have, but there's a trick to get to any archived pages within a category as the wayback machine does allow you to search through urls. The trick is shared on the PBK Discord and it's highly encouraged to use it, especially for sections larger than 25 topics. We want to be as accurate as possible.
Unfortunately not even this trick will help us get to pages that haven't been saved: One confirmed Big Loss is the Oblivion Conversions topic. Not a single one of its pages has been saved to the wayback machine :(
So yeah, if you so happen to have a full backup of the oblivion conversions topic or even just a list of its contents, please share it over on the Discord server. Tye's files are unfortunately not accessible through the links we have been able to find.
On a more personal note: almost all the cc I uploaded to the Keep, excluding the very oldest stuff, should be on tumblr as well. I'll see about uploading some of my older stuff here at some point. Though I may bring it up to my current standards first.
As for the continued future of the Keep: we have not received any word from Sunni 's family and unfortunately, we don't think we can get any contact established. We're thinking about our next steps.
Lemme just say, before I'm heading to bed: None of the people involved in the moderation of the Keep in any shape or form are even remotely planning to give up just like that.
A lot of things are still uncertain, but just know: we want to keep going. We're not sure what the future is going to bring, but rest assured, we are thinking about what our plans are. We historical simmers are not going down easily.
Just keep in mind that we all got our own personal lives and stuff going on. So keep calm, have patience, and help us check off the sections in the spreadsheet. If you have good backups, particularly of full sections, let us know.
As some of you may have noticed, the Plumb Bob Keep site has been down for several days. At this time, we do not know anything about the future of the site; we have no contact with Sunni's family, who pay for it.
Since the future of the site is uncertain, we are calling for all hands on deck to help us try to archive as much of the downloads as possible: images, text, links and actual download zips. We will primarily be using the Wayback Machine, but as Google searching was only turned on in the last year, many things will not be accessible.
Fire_flower has created a spreadsheet to help organize the effort and allow us to see where the gaps are. This will be step one of the process, before we dive into our personal collections.
If you would like to help out, please add your name to the spreadsheet linked below. Large sections might need 2 or more people to team up. Please ask if you have questions over at the PBK Discord or fireflowersims or fracturedmoonlight via tumblr. Thank you so much for your time and help!
PBK Archive Spreadsheet
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Hey hi, love ur site! It was super efficient back in time, now it is not used a lot, in fact i did some wcif and requests but no one replied and only a little number of people saw the posts, i want to ask you if there is a way i could get lindasims2 ccs for free (the chanella and MOM body ones) and bettasim vip stuff for free too. Thank u
"Back in time" is the keyword, Simscave is more like an abandoned and forgotten ghost town nowadays...
If someone donates the files they can and will be shared but with the forum being so dead it's unfortunately rather unlikely it'll happen.
But maybe @bettasim and @lindasims2 both should be publicly reminded that due the recent change in Sims TOU selling custom content is actually illegal now, or more like it always was if you actually bothered to read the terms you agree to when you install the game but now it's spelled out even more clearly. Quote from the said article:
Mods must be non-commercial and distributed free-of-charge. Mods cannot be sold, licensed, or rented for a fee, nor can Mods contain features that would support monetary transactions of any type.
So yes, this is public callout to both linda and betta, you're breaking EA's TOU. People can, and in my opinion should, report you to EA. They even offer this handy guide for how to do it:
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HOW TO REPORT MODS
We strive to create a positive environment for players, which we outline in the Positive Play Charter. It’s possible that community-created Mods could go against these guidelines. If you come across any Mods that break the rules of the Positive Play Charter, you can report them to us.
To report Mods, give us the details right here on EA Help:
Click Contact Us from any page on EA Help.
We recommend logging in to your EA Account.
Select The Sims 4.* If needed, use the search bar to find the game.
Select your Platform.
For Topic, select Report concerns or harassment.
For Issue, choose Report website.
From here, you’ll open a webform to let us know more about what happened. Please provide a link to the Mods you think break the rules, and as much detail as you can about why. Your report will be reviewed by our team.
(* in this particular case choose Sims 2 instead!)
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So there you go, you can report anyone who still asks money for their mods. Will it help? I can't say, but maybe if enough people report them to EA they'll contact the creators for not playing along the rules. What will happen then is still a mystery since I don't think they've taken any actions in the Sims 4 community yet either, but the time will tell. Maybe it'll be EA who squishes the paysites for good?
Sorry for this ultra long post, I wanted to be as thorough with this answer as possible. I honestly don't expect EA to do much if anything but sometimes just having the scare of possible consequences is enough.