♦️CC Finds for The Sims♦️

1,000 FOLLOWER GIFT!!

Time for another follower gift, and with that comes my sappy message to you guys (hope you guys aren’t annoyed lol). Just to think that not too long ago I did my 500 follower gift, and you guys helped to get me to 1,000 followers now, just amazes me. I am extremely thankful for you guys for showing support and leaving really nice comments on my sims, renders, or whatever I put on tumblr :). I actually wanted to make clothes for you guys, but for some reason it was coming out really weird, then I tried to make earrings for you guys and of course that came out weird as well, and I tried to make skin and that came weird. So then I resorted to giving you guys sims. I always see people wanting the downloads for my sims, so here you go! Some of these sims are a bit old, but I made sure to give you guys some new sims! Again thank you so much for your support!! Hope you enjoy! 😊

Here are the downloads:

Sim1

Sim2

Sim3

Sim4

Sim5

Sim6

Sim7

Sim8

Sim9

42 DOVE STREET RENOVATION

here’s the first installment of my little ‘let’s renovate evansdale county’ project! a renovation of the house on 42 dove street, which is actually also one of the base game homes from sunset valley. hope you like it!

catch this speed build and more over on my YOUTUBE CHANNEL!

2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom

uses both store + custom content

built on a 20 x 30 lot

§45,900 furnished,  §21,455 unfurnished

DOWNLOADS

This set includes 23 recolorable items and 4 patterns converted from Cyberpunk 2077 for TS3:

5 decor walls (found under Sculptures/Misc Deco IIRC)

Functional Radio

AC Unit as Floor Hygienator (REQUIRES AMBITIONS EP)

Functional Sink

Functional Snacks/Drinks Vending Machine (REQUIRES UNI EP)

2 Braindance Machines as Functional TV

2 Braindance Machine Screens as Floor Lights (Animated Textures)

3 Chairs (Dining, Living & Loveseat)

2 Coffee Tables

2 Shelving Units as End Tables

Functional Small Pet Bed (REQUIRES PETS EP)

2 Wall Art posters

3 Acoustic Foam Patterns (found under Plastic/Rubber)

1 Geometric Pattern (found under Geometric)

Enjoy!

Download set (packages): Mediafire | SimFileShare

Descriptions & preview pics under the cut:

Various formations (staged in Praaven, I wanted a finished landscape to show these off. The aspen trees can be found in my download section.). The ground pieces here look best staged around water, but using plants and terrain for blending they can also be staged elsewhere. Once again, these are large, but I scaled them down quite a bit from their original sizes.

Y'all... I am so beyond proud of these. PLEASE test them in game and then tell me what you think, the pictures don't do justice! I'm dying for someone else to test them out lol

Here we have a field in Praaven hosting both oats and wheat. The terrain is painted for crops anyway, so it was the perfect location for these to be shown off.

The largest fields (a custom swamp grass mesh) show up for a really good ways off, which is perfect for crops so you can get nice photos.

There are a couple of different meshes I applied these textures to. The two shown below are a clone of the tulip fields, which are perfect for lots because they're much smaller, but still give off that effect of having a small field.

These are a bit taller and fuller, and they also show up a long way off.

I hope y'all enjoy playing with these as much as I have testing them! Please tag me if you use them, I want to see them in your game!

Enjoy!!! <3

Lately I have found the direction of The Sims 4 to be rather lackluster.  Let’s face it.  The game is boring.  Still looking for that “Sims Fix” I found myself going back to playing The Sims 3.  The Sims 3 can be tricky to get running correctly on modern computers so I figured I would share what I learned over the years.  I made this guide a few years ago for another forum so I’m always open to new suggestions/edits etc.  Some things may work well for others while some may not make a difference at all.  I have applied all of these fixes in my own game and I still experience lag so this is by no means a guide to completely eliminate the lag in the game but a guide to perhaps help your game run a little bit smoother.  All of these tips have been gathered from all over the internet and also some things I have picked up on my own over the years.  I own a legit copy of the Sims 3 and have never owned a pirated version so I can’t say whether or not these settings will work with a pirated version of the game.  I also only have a PC so I don’t know if any of these settings will effect the Mac version of the game.  If anything I hope this guide brings people back to The Sims 3 or allows people to give the game another chance.  The guide will be pretty extensive and I take no responsibility if you mess up your game  :P

Limit Game FPS - This one has been a godsend.  I was experiencing major lag especially in build/Buy mode.  My computer is way over spec for this game much like most computers today.  What would happen is that while in Build/Buy Mode my FPS would spike into the 200’s!  During these spikes the game would almost be un-playable.

To fix this issue:

Download this file:  https://rd.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/34]https://rd.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/34

 I know it says it’s for Skyrim but it will also work for The Sims 3.  After downloading it unzip the antilag.cfg and d3d9.dll into  X: > Program Files (x86) > Origin Games > The Sims 3 > Game > Bin if using Origin.   If you have the steam version of the game use :   X: > Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > The Sims 3 > Game > Bin .  By default it is set to limit the game to 30FPS.  I have been using this and it works fine.  You can change it to 60FPS if you want by opening the antilag.cfg using notepad.  I haven’t had a chance to test the game at 60FPS but its not like The Sims 3 is a First person shooter or anything so IMO its probably not necessary.  Run the game and your FPS should be capped at 30.  

Alternately you can try turning on Vsync in either Nvidia Control Panel or AMD Catalyst software however I wasn’t able to get it working.  I’m using a Geforce 1080 and the latest Nvidia drivers.  When I turned it on in the control panel it did nothing in the game.

After installing this fix I no longer experience massive lag spikes while in Build/Buy Mode the whole game also seems to be running a little bit smoother as well.  Unfortunately there isn’t much we can do about EA’s terrible coding of the game so there will still be lag but this one has helped my game more then any of the other fixes as of yet.

**It also must be noted that FPS fix uses the same file as Reshade, d3d9.dll.  I haven’t tested if this works using the d3d9.dll file from Reshade but I can assume it probably doesn’t.  I do however believe there is a frame limiter built into reshade which should accomplish this same thing as this mod.

In Game Settings

1. Graphics

Resolution - You should always play at the native resolution for your monitor.  Most monitors today use a native resolution of 1680x1050 or 1920x1080.  If your game is struggling at this resolution you should always lower the graphics settings not the resolution.

Windowed? or Fullscreen? - This one is something that you will have to test.  Some people say that the game runs better for them in Fullscreen and some say it runs better in Windowed Mode.  My personal game runs better in Windowed Mode.

Object Hiding -  Enabling this can help to increase performance especially if you have a large house.  Essentially what this does is that the game renders every object on the lot you are in even if you aren’t on that floor.  So if you are playing on the first floor the game is using resources to render the items on the second/third floor etc.

Reflection Quality - Setting it to Mirrors and Water will work well for most people but adjusting this lower can offer a slight performance increase.

Edge Smoothing - I personally have not noticed much of a difference in performance adjusting this setting but this is the Anti Aliasing settings for the game.  Try lowering it and see if it makes a difference in your game.

Visual Effects - According to the game “Controls the quality of particle effects on objects, Sims, and the town”   Medium would be the recommended setting for Visual effects.  It offers a happy medium between performance and visual quality.

Lighting and Shadows - Adjusts the shadow quality in the game.  I run this on high in my game as there isn’t a noticeable difference in performance between medium and high settings.  Turning it to low will give a slight boost in performance but the shadows will be ugly.

Tree Detail - Keep this setting on high as there really is no difference in performance between settings.  All you end up with are some ugly trees and no real boost in performance.

Enable Animation Smoothing & Enable Advanced Rendering - Both of these items should always be checked.  Enable Animation smoothing makes no difference in performance and Turning off Enable Advanced Rendering can actually decrease performance.

Draw Distance - Keep this on high as it does not effect performance.

High Detailed Lots - With this turned up all the way I noticed a fair bit of stuttering in my game.  I have mine set to 4 lots but this is a setting that should be tested to see what works for you.

Texture Detail and Sim Detail - Most computers should be able to handle both of these settings maxed for a small boost in performance you can lower the texture detail to medium.  Sim Detail should always be set at Very High as lower this setting has only a very small boost in performance that probably wouldn’t even be noticeable.

2. General Settings

Enable Shop Mode - This will disable the Sims 3 Shop from In-Game.  Turning this off can help with stuttering.

Enable Lessons - Turning this off can possibly help with performance.  I haven’t noticed a difference but at this point we all know how to play The Sims.

Memories - Disabling Memories can offer a boost to performance and reduce in game stuttering.

**Alternately you can try using this mod if you don’t want to completely disable the memory system in The Sims 3

No (or fewer) automatic memories by velocitygrass on Mod The Sims

https://modthesims.info/d/446281

Enable Interactive Loading Screens - Turning this off has been said to reduce some in game stuttering.  Besides nobody wants to play that stupid game anyway.

3. Online

Keep Me Logged In & Enable Online Notifications - Turning off both of these settings will help game performance and reduce stuttering.

4. Advanced Demographics Options

Enable Story Progression - Turning this off will reduce stuttering in the game.  If you like this setting you can use the NRASS Story Progression explained further in this guide.

Advanced Settings

I will try to guide as best as I can with these but always MAKE BACKUPS of every file modified in this section.

In order to make this process easier be sure that “Hide extensions for known file types” is unchecked in the Windows Folder Options.  In Windows 10   Click on View > Options > Change folder and search options.  Switch to the view tab and under Files and Folders uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types”

Edit GraphicsRules.sgr - This setting will help the game run smoother and make for faster clothing changes.

1. Got to X:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin

2. Copy the GraphicsRules.sgr file and back it up in either in a safe location or even in the same directory just name it GraphicsRules.sgr.orig.  Click yes when prompted with the rename.

3.  Now Open GraphicsRules.sgr with notepad (not the copied version)

4.  You will see four lines that look like this: seti cpuLevelUber 4

seti cpuLevelHigh 3

seti cpuLevelMedium 2

seti cpuLevelLow 1

5. Change the four lines to this: seti cpuLevelUber 4

seti cpuLevelHigh 3

seti cpuLevelMedium 3

seti cpuLevelLow 3

6. Save in Notepad and close Notepad.

Edit Sims3.ini - This is how you force the game to use more then 2GB of RAM.  I noticed a massive improvement in both CAS and Build/Buy mode with this.  Clothing,Objects etc load almost instantly when this is changed.  The Origin version of the game has already been patched to use 4GB of RAM  however adjusting this value to reflect your systems total ram amount if above 4GB can be beneficial.  If you currently have 4GB total of RAM and are using the Origin version of the game you can skip this step.  It’s questionable whether or not this makes a difference in the game as The Sims 3 is a 32 bit game that only uses 4GB to begin with but it seems to actually make a difference in my own game.

1. Go to X:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin (same as GraphicsRules.sgr)

2. Backup the Sims3.ini in the same method as the GraphicsRules.sgr

3. Open Sims3.ini in Notepad

4. Under [ResourceSystem] you will see this:

MemoryUsageLimit = 20000000 (  10000000 for legacy/disc versions)

5.  Ignoring the zeros this is showing that the Sims 3 is only using 4GB of ram (2gb for Legacy/Disc versions of the game).  Depending on the amount of ram in your system you should change it to half of your total amount of ram. Examples:

8GB Total Ram  MemoryUsageLimit = 40000000

16GB Total Ram MemoryUsageLimit = 80000000

32GB Total Ram MemoryUsageLimit = 16000000

**Be Sure to only change the first number not any zeros.  For 32GB+ its the first 2 numbers.  Putting this too high could cause your system lock up or crash and possibly do damage**

Modding

First go here and follow the instructions on this page to set up your Mods folder: https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=9187.0

1.  Must Have Mods - Even if you don’t plan on putting any CC in your game these Mod is highly recommended if not needed in order to keep the game running Smoothly.

NRAAS Master Controller - 

https://www.nraas.net/community/MasterController

This mod is a must have.  It fixes many of the errors in the game and helps immensely with game lag and stuttering.

Under Modules Download: (Not Required but useful)

MasterController Cheats - Adds “cheaty” functions to Master Controller.

MasterController Expanded Tatttoo - Expands the number of locations provided in Tattoo CAS

MasterController Progression - This mod adds progression related interactions to the “Master Controller” menu.   Addition to Story Progression (below)

MasterController Integration -  (Must have if you install a lot of sliders)  This mod replaces all the CAS interactions in the game with the one managed by MasterController, including the “Create-A-Sim” button in “Edit Town”.

Now go to this Page and download these other “Must Have Mods” by NRAAS

https://www.nraas.net/community/Mods-List

Overwatch - (Important) Contains error correction and periodic game maintenance/clean up to reduce issues and improve game longevity.

Error Trap - (Important) Core-Mod that performs save-game corruption cleanup, while catching and reporting unhandled script errors.

Traffic- (Important) Controls autonomous vehicular traffic such as the Food/Ice Cream Trucks, and provides some minor vehicle routing settings.

Saver - (Important) Adds autosave function to the game.

Register -  (Important) Replaces the EA Role Manager with a custom version that corrects several bugs and allows for greater flexibility.

Other Useful Mods at NRAAS (Optional) Same page as above:

Story Progression - Basically a less buggy, less performance heavy replacement for the EA story progression in the game.  Be sure to tick off “Story Progression” in the In Game options as stated above.  (Install all the optional modules as well)

Decensor - We all know what this does

Dresser - Adds automated outfit control for inactive sims, adding accessories, and restricting CAS parts.

WooHooer - Alters the romance and woohoo interactions, provides greater flexibility and attraction scoring.

Retuner - Provides fine tuning of many settings in game like autonomous settings, pricing etc.  This one can seem daunting at first but there are plenty of Returner settings to be found out there and its really isn’t that difficult to change the settings in game albeit time consuming. 

Be sure to look over the other mods if you see something you like download it.  Any of these mods should be safe to add to your game with little to no performance impact.

After that extract the files you just downloaded into \Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages\Overrides If you don’t have an Overrides folder create one.  The “Overrides Folder”  is essentially a priority folder.  Mods put into this folder will be loaded before any other package files you may add to the game.

In-Game NRASS Settings 

These are just some settings to change to improve game stability.  This is by far not comprehensive.  For Retuner settings I would suggest a Google search of other users settings or consulting the NRASS help section for explanations of how to use this mod.

Click on the Town Hall in Map View Under NRASS

Traffic

Ice Cream Truck - I hate that creepy Ice cream truck so I change everything to false and set Max Ice Cream Trucks to 0.  If you like having it around still change the Max Ice Cream Trucks to 1

Routing

Allow Performance Career Limos - False (Limos create a lot of lag in the game)

Allow Use of Cars During General Routing - True (if disabled your sims will only use cars when you tell them to)

Always Use Taxis for Inactives Lacking Vehicles - False (Townies will no longer use Taxis)

Register

Allow Immigration - False (Random Townies wont move into your town keeping the population down and helping to keep performance from decreasing as sims move in.

Animal Control - Change the settings below for a performance boost

Maximum Deer - 2

Maximum Raccoon - 2

Maximum Stray Cats - 3

Maximum Stray Dogs - 3

Maximum Unicorns - 0  (Sorry Wild Horses and Unicorns add a good deal of lag to the game)

Maximum Horses - 0

Custom Content (CC)

Much like any other Sims game moderation is key.  The more CC you download and put in you game the slower your game will perform.  I’m not going to go into detail about how to install CC in The Sims 3 in this guide.  These are just a few important tips to take into account when installing CC,

Try to install Sims3Pack files as much as you can.  Sims 3 automatically merges these files and this leads to better game stability.

Merge you package files. Girl Meets Pixels made a great guide here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIZ2LdoT-HY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIZ2LdoT-HY

Keep an eye on the size of your Sims 3 Folder in /Documents.  It may seem crazy to imagine but massive CC shopping sprees can lead to a massive folder to the tune of 30GB+.  Skins and Hairs are a killer.  These files are usually rather large sometimes in excess of 80 - 100mb.  My suggestion would be to find a default skin you like and just use that.  Don’t install any non default skins.  Also go easy on the hair.  You don’t need 20 different variations of the same ponytail in the game.  Clothing is usually fine but pay attention to the size of the CC.  That cute dress you found on Tumblr that’s 65mb more then likely has way too high of a poly count and will just lag and be slow to render in the game.  Sure it looks great in screenshots but it wont be practical in game.  I’m not sure of the exact cut-off for CC but eventually the folder gets too large for the game to handle and it will lead to issues like save corruption or in some cases not being able to save the game at all because the game has run out of memory.   Sadly if  this happens there is no fix for this and you will lose all of your progress and possibly your save file as well.

Advanced

World Fixes EA left many routing issues in a lot of their worlds that are known to cause lag and often times crashing as Sims bunch up in broken routing areas on the map.

All the World Fixes can be found on Ellacharmed’s Wordpress page.  Follow the instructions very carefully and install the fixes for all the worlds you have installed in your game.

https://ellacharmed.wordpress.com

Other Useful Tips

Delete your cache!!  This one can’t be stressed enough.  I delete mine before every game play and never have issues starting the game up.  A guide can be found here: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Sims_3_Delete_Cache_Files

Turn off Origin In Game - This will give a noticeable improvement.

Close all other programs running in the background.  

Turn on Game Mode or Silent Mode on your Antivirus

Useful Sims 3 Programs

s3pe http://www.simlogical.com/ContentUploadsRemote/uploads/189/

Sims 3 Dashboard Tool http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=387006]http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=387006

CC Magic http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=461888]http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=461888

Delphy’s Sims 3 Pack Multi-Extractor http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=364038]http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=364038

Camping [NO CC]

Deadgrass Discoveries lot

No CC

30x30

Use moo cheat

Download [SFS]

Or Gallery, Origin ID - alienpurple_blog

Max Caulfield - hair / cabelo

Vem com todas as 18 cores originais l Comes with all 18 EA hair colors;

Compatível com chapéus l Hat compatible

Não reposte/use como sua criação l Don’t repost/use as your own creation

Ps: isso é apenas uma inspiração, você pode usar em qualquer sim que queira | This is only an inspiration, you can use it in any sim you want.

DOWNLOAD (Free of ads) | Support me 🖤 | Ko-fi ☕

Gaia Hair

i am obsessed with these bangs by @simandy so i thought i would slap them on this bun by @wildlyminiaturesandwich. i added some hair strands and here’s the outcome! btw thanks to their generous TOUs:)

BGC Custom Thumbnail 18 ea swatches Hat chops

˗ˏˋ DOWNLOAD ˎˊ˗

✨Kara Hair

A sister hair to my Sara, and Mara & Lara hairs! 🥰 I know I took my sweet time with this, but better late than never as we always say, and I’m finally 100% happy with the textures! 😁 

BGC

Hat compatible

18 EA swatches

All LODs, shadow, specular, normal, proper tags, disabled for random

June 2nd

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Happy Mothers Day !!!!

As it’s a special day with mothers day in some countries and the end of Destiny Harbour season 1, I thought it should be cool to share with you all some recolours I’ve made recently.

Download and infos below the cut !

ERIN HAIR

Get better slowly, step by step :)

Base Game Compatible

18 Swatches

All LODs, Hat Compatible, All Maps

@casteru‘s Hyemi Hair and Layered Dress in 3 (+1) Palettes

Casteru put out two adorable pieces for toddlers when I wasn’t paying attention! How cute are they??

The hairs come merged with their pompom accessory; Puppy Crow comes with the Chalk Pastels palette, while Sorbets and Candy Shoppe are in their corresponding palettes. The dresses come merged with an accessory overlay for the tee shirt, found in left bracelet with a custom icon. Addon swatches, you will need the meshes: Hyemi hair | Layered dress

Patreon Download (Always free!) or get it at my site!

Palette credits @noodlescc @simandy @berrygameplay @cyansimblr

Child Life Mod

Kids are lacking interactions so I decided to make this mod to add some personality to your child sims! For now this mod includes social interactions and computer interactions but I am working on new traits and aspirations for your kiddos!

Features:

Ask What’s For Dinner

Talk About Favorite Cartoons

Talk To Classmates On Computer (Gain Empathy)

Play Voidcritters Online On Computer (Gain Creativity)

Talk About Void Critters

Make Poop Jokes

Talk About Icecream For Breakfast

Talk About Recess

Throw A Tantrum

GINA

I love turtleneck tops, so I made one for our little toddlers. Because it would look weird just as a top (due to the bodyshape of toddlers), I added a skirt to create a “tucked in” and high waste effect. I will probably try to make more fullbody outfits with this top as a base.

fullbody

female

base game compatible

12 swatches [EA texture edit]

DOWNLOAD (SFS | No Ads)

Swatch Preview:

WCIF?

1: Hair [x]

2: Hair [Snowy Escape] | Tights [Base Game]

Marina Hair!

A wavy hair with braids and beads :)

💙BGC

💙All EA colors plus two of my own

💙Hat chops included