a collection of things

Treeag made a "No Unneeded UI Sounds" mod a long time ago, however I only wanted to remove the sounds of pausing & changing speed. I still like the action cancel noise, pie menu click, etc.

idk if there was an easier way to do this, but in order to figure out which instance #'s in the mod package were for which sound effects, I extracted & converted all base game sound effects from the Program Files with the same group # as the ones in Treeag's mod, then I listened to every single one and marked off what their instance #'s were. after that, I deleted all the ones from the mod package file that were not the pause/speed sound effects. which is why I thought to share this, because then nobody else would have to do the same thing lol.

my thought was to use this for recording gameplay videos, as the reason my last dozen-ish videos involved me never pressing the Speed 2/3 button a single time was solely to avoid annoying people with the sound effect lol.

I mean you can use Treeag's original mod with the same results, I just wanted to retain the ~experience~ of the other UI sound effects and not the annoying ones.

Hey everyone, here's another spicy experimental thingy from me. Emphasis: experimental. Please back up your saves! I haven't found any issues, but you should err on the safe side!

I'm resisting the urge to write this description as a winding story about why this thing exists and how so here's as quick a rundown as I can manage:

This is an ASI mod (like Smooth Patch or Settings Setter) that goes into your Bin folder and does its thing at runtime.

Depending on your setup, it might significantly speed up loading times from game launch to in-world. In one of my saves, it went down from over 18 minutes down to between 3 and 4.

It should also reduce memory usage (specifically, the 'virtual address space'--the real reason for Error 12 and memory-related crashes). How much depends on your setup, but it could be up to several hundred MB.

In-game stutters and especially multi-minute freezes (if you experience those) should be shorter and fewer overall. Not gone, but much more playable.

This mainly works on retail and Steam versions of the game. Many of the patches won't activate on EA App version. You can still use it, and might still reap some benefits, but the strongest patches aren't supported yet. It's in the pipeline, though, so stay tuned.

You need an ASI loader for the mod to load (like the wininet.dll from Ultimate ASI loader). If you use any other ASI mod, like Smooth Patch or Settings Setter, you likely already have it.

DOWNLOAD LINK

SPECIAL THANKS:

sims3fiend et al for Sims 3 Settings Setter. This mod started out as a "Settings Setter lite" for personal use because Setter proper added a little too much VAS for my bloated save's liking. But all the S3SS patches are removed from this release version. You can use them together freely if you want all the patches.

Also, here's the number that's your real enemy:

A collaboration between me and @destrospean! This overhauls sim teeth and replaces them with brand new 3D versions, with lots of different variations to choose from in-game! 😄🦷 More info and download below 😊

Download (ModTheSims)

- 4t3 Sentate The Trinity Collection conversion pt.2 -

All credits go to @sentate - These are not my meshes nor textures! Original here;

RUBY JACKET

Morphed - All LODS

Everyday, Formal, Career, Outerwear, Not valid for random

TAYLOR DRESS

Morphed - All LODS

Everyday, Formal, Sleepwear, Athletic, Career, Maternity, Not valid for random

SANYA JEANS

Morphed - All LODS

Everyday, Formal, Career, Outerwear, Maternity, Not valid for random

BELLA JACKET

Morphed - All LODS

Everyday, Formal, Career, Outerwear, Not valid for random

SAMANTHA TEE

Morphed - All LODS

Everyday, Formal, Sleepwear, Athletic, Career, Maternity, Not valid for random

BETH SKIRT

Morphed - All LODS

Everyday, Formal, Career, Not valid for random

GIGI SHORTS

Morphed - All LODS

Everyday, Formal, Career, Not valid for random

EDEN BOOTS

Morphed - All LODS

Everyday, Formal, Career, Outerwear, Maternity, Not valid for random

ASH BOOTS

Morphed - All LODS

Everyday, Formal, Athletic, Career, Outerwear, Maternity, Not valid for random

|| DOWNLOAD - SFS or Patreon ||

Converted and style matched this @aharris00britney hat to Paralives!

🐸 Grab it on Nexus or on the Steam Workshop! 🐨

A conversion of a GP12 pack from Sims 4, including debug section, buy, build objects (modular stairs, flora, windows, doors, fences, gates etc) and hood deco in collaboration with @lordcrumps and @platinumaspiration and help from @lamare-sims.

All the info and

🌖🌲🐺Download at lordcrumps.com🐺🌲🌖

NO MORE UGLY TV REMOTE!!!!!! I can't believe I haven't done this before because I honestly love my sims game lookin as close to real life as possible without being uncanny 👀 That bein said the ugly, bulky, out of date tv remote is no longer in my life because I finally made an override for it. I know there's already some other, more futuristic remotes for the sims out there but I wanted somethin that looks more normal so I made my actual tv remote 😂 And of course I made it simlish even though it isnt really visible in game. I hope yall enjoy! I have alot of ideas in the works!

Let me know of any issues yall come across💙💙

Lord bless you and keep you ✝

📌T.O.U

-Don’t re-upload

-Don’t claim as your own

-Link and tag in posts/downloads using my CC

4to3 simkoos IKEA Collection

Presenting...the largest set I've ever converted!

All credits go to @simkoos for the mesh and textures. [TS4 original]

📌 Some important notes:

Info on individual objects can be found here.

The DUNDERGUBBE box has 5 presets, only one is CAStable.

The FRAKTA bag is not CAStable, left it like that since IKEA only has blue and yellow as its bag color (also, the mask would be difficult to make - yeah, yeah I admit I'm lazy lol).

The JÄTTESTA shelf unit is almost as high as a full wall, so a slightly shorter version is also included, which has same height as the EKENABBEN shelf.

The KALAS utensils (except for the cutlery) are stackable.

The KLUNKA laundry basket is functional, so you need either Ambitions, Town Life, University, or any of the store hampers to function properly.

The XL rug has a total of 36 presets, so they are divided into two sets of 18 presets each (idk if it's just me but I can't imagine scrolling across presets that plenty lol).

These items have a reasonable polycount for gameplay (highest was around 2k+)

Since this a large set, I've also included a collection file (aisquared4to3simkoosIKEA_COLLECTION.package) to put in the Collections folder.

📌 Items not converted...(and reasons why)

UPPLAND seating set: looks a lot like the EKTORP set, which can be found here, here, and here.

POANG armchair: already converted here and here.

JULES chair: already converted here, here, and here.

MALM dressing table (with mirror): no need to be converted since a separate mirror could just be placed on top of the empty dressing table (also there are no functional vanity tables in TS3), and while I attempted to convert the separate mirror I couldn't get the reflections right so as a workaround I just edited a TS3 mirror to make it look like the TS4 counterpart.

FAMNIG HJÄRTA cushion: already converted here and here

UNDERHÅLLA blocks: would have wanted to make it functional, but I haven't any way around making toys, maybe next time I'll give it a try.

DOWNLOAD: Simfileshare | Mediafire

4t2 Flora Recolors + Texture Replacements

I use @tvickiesims' amazing 4t2 Flora Default Replacement, but I'm always finding myself wanting more flower colors to coordinate everything in the landscape.

So here are 12 recolors for pretty much every flowering plant in the set! Plus some mesh edits to repository the smaller variants to the larger variants and make everything recolorable. These edits don't mess with the original textures, though they are required for my new recolors to show up correctly.

Download Recolors

Download Mesh Edits*

- OR -

You can instead go with an option that combines the mesh edits and recolors above by replacing the original textures. Any remaining colors are included as recolors. Basically these are default replacements for the default replacements.

Download Defaults*

Homefeel - a subtle Reshade preset for Paralives

Gameplay-friendly preset I made for my game that enhances the original look while still keeping the UI intact. :3

Uses following shaders:

Colourfulness.fx, Vibrance.fx, Clarity.fx, Vignette.fx, Depth_Cues.fx, Curves.fx, amoebae_FullBloom_MultiLUT.fx

Important: amobae's Full Bloom Multilut 2.0 is required for this preset.

Download: SFS

Overview

Hi everyone! This is an experimental (WIP) mod that makes lot skirts in TS2 looking like neighborhood terrain. TSCS inspired me to create this mod; as far as you remember, TSCS has visible neighborhood decals from lot view. It is set in assembly code so that TSCS lot skirts use neighborhood techniques for mapping. Original TS2 doesn't have such functionality. LD attempted to immitate that via fake neighborhood deco but it was created for particular terrains only. So I decided to attempt editing lot skirt shader and got some results; it adds cliffs, rough and meduim stages and improves shores from lot view! Though it is not perfect as it has some misconsistency with lighting (original lot skirts also do) and doesn't repeat the neighborhood terrain mapping but I think it's more practical than neighborhood deco. Hope you like it!

Features

Adds neighborhood decals (cliffs, rough and medium terrain) to lot skirts. Decals are also visible with snow states. No blue snow fix and sky fix are included. Works for every neighborhood automatically. Supports lighting mods (dusk and dawn states). Looks better with default replacements.

Installation

Put the .package file into your Downloads folder.

Compatibility

Incompatible with shader mods that modify lot skirts so rename the file adding "zzzz" prefix to make it load last to prevent conflicts if you use many shader mods. Doesn't conflict with other no blue snow mods that modify the rest shaders (roofs, lot terrain).

Known Issues

May look weird in dusk and dawn states using some lighting mods (still have no idea how to fix that). Seam between lot skirt and lot terrain (original TS2 lacks lot edge blend technique like in TSCS to make smooth transition between lot terrain and lot skirt). Lot imposter terrain paint may be invisible sometimes for unknown causes.

Terrain Types

Recently it has been discovered that it's possible to create new terrain types. My shader contains standard terrain types (temperate, desert, dirt and concrete) and uses dependence of textures on lot texture so if you add custom terrain types it's required for my shader to have added such dependencies otherwise my shader will look buggy for your custom terrain types (you are free to contact with me for more detailed information). DOWNLOAD Vanilla:

Mod:

Light snow:

Heavy snow:

Dawn (using lighting mod):

Dusk (using lighting mod):

Wedding & Engagement Ring Updater

This is a little cheat object that can be used to force update wedding and engagement rings. With it, you can:

Update the stone color of existing engagement / wedding rings for the color trait mod

Give the engagement ring for the sim who proposed instantly rather than wait for it to appear

Remove lingering rings after divorce

Fix glitched rings

The two interactions you can see in the preview are used for all of the above. If you use the color trait rings, choose the color trait option, if not, choose the other one.

The interactions will only appear for sims who might need them. Running the color trait interaction will give an error if you don't have the easy inventory check installed.

Download (SFS) (alternate)

The file is compressed. The object is under general/misc for one simoleon and looks like an open ring box.

The mesh is an edit of @pforestsims' engagement ring box. The new mesh is 718 polys and has 256x256 texture. The ring color varies as it'll pull the color of your default wedding ring.

Hello again!

Sorry for disappearing - my phone decided to go to silicon heaven a few weeks ago and because I have 2FA set up, I couldn't log in to my accounts until I got a new phone :/

Anyway, I just wanted to give an update on that water mod I showcased a while back, as it's basically all I've been working on.

This is going to be a long one, so I'm going to make use of that post cut feature for once. I don't mean to be a tease, but there will be a download link provided below :)

Download

Special thanks to @lordcrumps for making maxis and clean ui pics and counting pixels with me. It was his and @simnopke's idea to make this thing bigger

Some behind the scenes under the cut

✨Sleep In Bed Replacement Poses✨

Depending on your sim's mood, the sleep pose could change from arm under pillow (Happy, Embarrassed, Sad, Shy, Silly, Bored, Depressed) to arms stretched out (Passionate, Dazed, Furious, Flirty, Angry) They can do the same sleep pose if their moods are similar.

DO NOT use this if your sim uses those beds where the blanket doesn't cover your sim. You will be horrified.

Sleeping Animation by Zlostudio: Sleeping Pack

Arm Under Pillow Pose by @herecirmsims: Sleeping Ugly Pose Pack

✨Pillow Talk Override ✨

I really liked this kiss animation by Igor_Santos_Adonai, so cozy after a steamy night. And also Cuddles On The Couch By d'Violet, cute and comforting after giving up the goods.

*Its not perfect but I tried my best with overriding this*😭 (Vid shows both animations)

🚨Take out any other pillow talk mod mod you have if you wish to see theses animations🚨

Yeah, you heard that right. Pick and choose highlights and shadows to create your own custom lips for your para, separate and compatible with lipsticks. It also allows modders to add their own custom lip masks that the player can choose from.

You can find it for download on the Workshop here.