Taanoir CC Finds and Story Shares

I made this challenge a while ago and have been doing the playthrough on youtube but finally got around to doing the graphic cards and thought I would share. Here is the official Threads Of Time Blog for rules, links and the cards. Be sure to give it a follow. If you play, let me know and please reblog and share the link!!

This new version of this mod, does not override the game options for place settings that came with Parenthood GP - but it does override one file, "loopingObjectSituationStartImmediateInteraction_SetTheTable" . 

This means that you can combine it with other overrides that do not include that file, but not those which do.

This new version adds a new pie menu opion: Historical Placemats, and with that NINE new sets of place settings - nine variations each, so a total of 81 new options.

The sets are:

Antique - plates for your Roman and Greek sims, but of course they can be used in any era.

Medieval Everyday - a simpler set, with wooden, metal and porcelain options.

Medieval Feasts - 3 different sets with decorations and heraldry from medieval sim times.

Victorian - original mesh, and some of the textures by Cashcraft for Sims 2

Regency - original mesh, and some of the textures by Cashcraft for Sims 2

Midcentury - original mesh, and some of the textures by Cashcraft for Sims 2

Historical Formal - original meshes and textures by SSTS. (You can combine with their deco items!)

Also  check out Zees conversions of the rest of the Cashcraft Regency set - find it here.

Download the updated Place Settings version (Curseforge)

Viroconium Mosaic Tiles

I've been reading lately Roger White's and Philip Barker's amazing book about Roman Wroxeter (a.k.a. Viroconium) - and one of the cool things about it was that it included a reconstruction painting of the mosaic tiles discovered in the baths basilica. Remember that build I shared some five weeks ago? The basilica is that long, tall building in the back. Obviously, I immediately thought that it'd be amazing to turn that painting into tiles I could use to decorate the interior. Or into carpets. Or even both, why not...?

And so I did. All the original patterns were hand-painted by me (in blender, cause I'm quirky that way 😉), baked, and the resulting png files were turned into mosaics thanks to this AMAZING geometry node. Then they were baked again, this time to the plane I put behind them - so what you're getting is a highly detailed texture on a plane with four vertices instead of the original, beautiful, three-million-poly monstrosity 😅.

Whatever could work as a seamless texture was turned into tiles. The level of detail I went for originally turned out not to be enough for some of the later, more complex swatches, so I rebaked them all with more detail / smaller stones... But I kept the older versions - of the swatches which still looked good - anyway, just for the diversity. Here's a comparison: the same swatch with bigger or smaller mosaic stones:

Unfortunately, I had to increase the texture resolution in the process. While the bigger-stones-version uses 512x512 size, the one with the smaller stones requires already 1024x1024. Sorry!

The mosaics are also available as a carpet, which was cut into modular pieces so that it wouldn't fit only one specific build (my own 😛). They're all 3 tiles long; the width falls somewhere in between 1,5 and 3 tiles. No matter how wide they are in game, the textures are 1024x2048 big. So a bit better than the small-stone-tiles.

The original order of the carpet pieces is given in the in-game descriptions. You can easily make them nicely fit next to each other if you activate quarter-tile-placement with the F5 key. And obviously they behave as carpets, meaning your sims can walk on them:

They also have some positive environment score. Not suuuper high - your sims won't get ecstatic just because there's a single mosaic piece in the room - but if you use a couple of them, they should get the 'nicely decorated' buff:

Same applies to the tiles.

Find them best by typing VS into the search bar - or simply in their respective categories.

Hope you'll like them, enjoy!

DOWNLOAD (free on Patreon, no EA)

April Fools: medieval deco Sims

Happy April Fools Day! I've been slowly prepping for a (fantasy) medieval Sims story, and something I've realised lately is just how much entertainment the castle lord and lady would have - fools, acrobats (same thing really, but I've separated them here because I figured there'd be need for a classic jester), minstrels, and players (actors) were often at work between banquet courses.

I liked the idea of this but didn't want to pose Sims every time, so I made myself a bunch of deco entertainers that I could just pop into the background of a scene. I'm sharing them because, as always, I figure that if I needed to make myself something... then maybe other people would need them too.

Including all swatches and the different pose options, that's 114 deco Sims lmao.

What you need to know:

these deco Sims are high poly (from 11,651 poly to 19,848 poly - specific details are on their cards) so please use sparingly or as much as your PC can handle!

You can find them in game by typing "April Fools" or their individual names

the two acrobats and jesters have the same 5 poses between them, but with some variation (plus 4 swatches to choose from)

I've included my two bards even though their lutes do not work with MXAO... I figure these are all background figures soooo whatever. Thank you 1000 times to SurelySims and Karaiarai for helping me to get them in game at all!

these are your regular static deco Sims, not animated, sorryyyyy

DOWNLOAD THEM HERE (always free): SFS | Patreon

Find the CC used here: jester outfit | Venthyr striped pants | Lord of Fortune arm wraps | Medieval concert dress | Medieval concert outfit | Masquerade masks | playable lutes | bard outfits (Bard Cape and Bard Pointed Shoes)

Poses are mine except for the standing bards, which are taken from EA guitar animations, and the players, which are by SurelySims (I immediately thought of those poses while making the decos and then couldn't think of anything else).

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Tournament Favours (3 posepacks!)

Heyy! Super excited to share this triple set! Lovely VixxieSims approached me and asked if I would be interested in making some favour poses for the Crownland's Challenge, a community event themed around A Song Of Ice And Fire. At this point I have to shamefully come clean and say I've not actually watched or read Game Of Thrones, but I do love medieval shenanigans and I especially love a tournament 😍 I've also been absolutely blown away by how many incredible Simmers there are, creating unique content inspired by this world - it's so wonderful to see the talent and creativity being poured in something so loved!

There will be a lot of new CC dropped during this event so you should absolutely be following the other collab participants: @kerosims , @ceceliarr , @simstoricalish , @bellevalentim , @lechairschair , @valyriansims , @opalescence-sim , @kyuusims4 , @sulsulzukohere , and of course @vixxiesims ❤️

The event is hosted by @kerosims and you can find upcoming story post about the event on her blog!

Now for the posepacks and required information:

Tournament Favours 1

This pack is intended as a mix and match for Sims throwing favours down from balconies or other raised areas. Sims with favours are placed separately to horse and rider, so you should be able to use them with any height walls/levels etc.

Fences in the Sims are not all the same height: I made these with the fence from Life & Death, but should work with any flat-topped, medium height fence.

You will need: - Pose Player - Pose Alignment mod / Teleport Any Sim - Horse Ranch EP (for the knight poses) - Life & Death fence or any medium-height fence - favour accessory by VixxieSims (bracelet category, right)

Tournament Favours 2

This pack is for Sims handing favours to mounted knights while they're both on ground level.

You will need: - Pose Player - Pose Alignment mod / Teleport Any Sim - Horse Ranch EP - favour accessory by VixxieSims (bracelet category, right)

Tournament Favours 3

And this pack is the no horses allowed one. Various solo standing emotion poses for a Sim holding a favour, and three couple poses.

You will need: - Pose Player - Pose Alignment mod / Teleport Any Sim - favour accessory by VixxieSims (bracelet category, right)

Boring but necessary pose information for all packs:

Hand and finger sliders will effect the alignment of stigmata accessories, especially on those poses where the acc is further away from the host Sim.

Horse and rider can sometimes move out of alignment when being posed off lot. I'm not sure what causes this but I believe it's a game issue as it can also effect infants.

The horse poses were made to fit the stirrups version of MorningstarEquestrian's medieval saddle but should work with any EA placement saddle. Technically these poses do also work with poseable reins, but I'd mostly recommend using Morningstar's bridle as curb reins and then drawing in bradoon reins 🤭

Download here (always free): SFS | Patreon

Are you a posemaker and want to adjust a pose/extend a posepack? You can read my TOU here.

'd love to see them used! You can tag me on Bluesky, Instagram, or Tumblr. I repost. ❤️ You can easily browse more of my posepacks using my Ko-Fi gallery, my Instagram gallery, or by browsing my collections on Patreon.

Charming medieval deco houses, converted from Settlers 6, edited and adapted for Sims 4.

6 variations: with or without deco items added

15 swatches

Use to decorate your sim world - for a proper Old Town or Village Square.

All files merged in one as they share textures.

Place them in empty spots in you hood using T.O.O.L  by TwistedMexi.

You can use my Blowtorch mod to have a sims world emptied of modern stuff - read more here.

Matching build sets and separated deco items also coming.

Download Medieval Old Town Hood Deco Houses - Carpenter Set (Curseforge)

Historically Accurate Custom Content for your historically accurate The Sims 4 gameplay, with this traditional Choctaw Beadwork!

Commissioned on Tumblr by a simmer who wanted more of their own culture on the game, after looking through the reference on the Choctaw Nation Website, I decided to focus on the beaded accessories since both men and women use it.

After a lot of trial and error due to clipping and necklaces that hovered way too far from the body, the necklaces are shorter than expected to minimize visual glitches, but V3 is still fairly long and you may find clipping when combined with layered clothing.

Requirements

None / Base Game Friendly!

Additional Information

3 Swatches.

Female and Male frames.

For Teens to Elders.

All LODs.

Disallowed for random.

If you have any issues in-game, do not hesitate to tell me so I can fix it!

This is called blacksmith, but in Swedish we would have said "Finesmith" - the makers of luxury goods in metal. The sort that the posh sims ask for, decorations and details to decorate with, for example.Thats why these houses belong to the Wealth set.

Charming medieval deco houses, converted from Settlers 6, edited and adapted for Sims 4.

6 variations: with or without deco items added

15 swatches

Use to decorate your sim world - for a proper Old Town or Village Square.

All files merged in one as they share textures.

Place them in empty spots in you hood using T.O.O.L  by TwistedMexi.

You can use my Blowtorch mod to have a sims world emptied of modern stuff - read more here.

Matching build sets and separated deco items also coming.

Download Medieval Old Town Hood Deco Houses - Blacksmith Set (Curseforge)

☠️ don't touch bracelets

felt like i needed more stacked bracelets, so here's some chains and spikes!

a couple of them include my band bracelets

~ teen-elder, all frames ~ 25 swatches / 15 swatches for the band ones ~ biggest stack is 5426/2212/436/352 polys ~ biggest single bracelet is 892/236/116/116 polys

download: sfs ~ drive ~ tou

Aïlouros Cat bowl and beds

Domestic cats have been great helpers and company for humans for ages. Literally. In ancient Greece they have been present from the fifth century BC (probably introduced by the Phoenicians), and although they did not have the divine status that Egyptian cats had, they were admired and appreciated. So here is a little something for your historical cats.🐈

Coffee Cup Emotions: Tabletop

I started making these a while ago, because I a) wanted to make some more poses available for the accessory cup SurelySims kindly made me and b) because I had weird visions and wanted to pose them, and then I completely forgot that I had 🥲 But I wanted to share some other poses and they're kinda related to these ones, soooo... I'll drop this pack first.

Pack contains 12 solo poses, inc. speaking/silent versions, plus all-in-ones. They're intended to be used with a tabletop! Place teleporter in the middle of any chair/select any chair to use Pose Alignment.

Please note: this is a stigmata acc, so if you use hand/finger sliders it may effect acc placement in the poses.

You will need: - Pose Player - Pose Alignment mod / Teleport Any Sim - coffee cup accessory (bracelet category, left)

Download here (always free): SFS | Patreon

Are you a posemaker and want to adjust a pose/extend a posepack? You can read my TOU here.

I'd love to see them used! You can tag me on Bluesky, Instagram, or Tumblr. I repost. ❤️

You can easily browse more of my posepacks using my Ko-Fi gallery, since this Patreon page has only existed since posepack 100. I've also finally made a Google doc so it's now much easier to send in your free requests and suggestions - you can find that here(though be warned that I simply have not had time to fulfill any for several months).

snood updo hair

i have had this hair ready for a while now and i've finally decided to post it!! it was @kyusims4offical who got the idea of making a snood hair into my head, which ill probably be making more eventually just because i adore them.

it's very basic but i have been using it a toooon, a staple in cas i didn't even know i needed.

to avoid any hairline issues you will need this mesh by saurus! the braid loop, side pieces, and snood are all from @buzzardly28 ! thank you both for your creations, this hair would not be possible without them.

LOD 0 only (sorry guys, idk where the blender file went it's been a HOT second)

bg compatible

17 swatches

teen-elder

DOWNLOAD | PATREON | KO-FI

please enjoy and let me know if you have any issues! front, side, and back ss of the hair below the cut.

Prologue - A Dying Art (Page 1)

LORE | CHARACTERS | ABOUT / WARNINGS | CHAPTERS ← PREVIOUS | BEGINNING | NEXT →

[AUTHOR'S NOTE: New Simblr story and another one for the occult simmers! Well, not quite new. This story is a revamp of an older story I wrote back in 2021. It takes place 300 years after Divided, in the modern day. (you don't need to read Divided to read this one, it will spoil the first Sages and one character death in Divided and that's it. This will also be a lot shorter) Read more about this story here. A good 80% of the plot ideas are from an old Realm of Magic theories thread comment from the old official Sims forum by @ryttu3k-sims. This was also credited in the original. I have told them this and asked permission to revamp the story to which it was given!] [wolf divider credit]

Áine

In the past, people like myself were feared - so much so that we were hunted for centuries.

Whilst the witch-hunts didn't spare anyone of either gender, those who went after us were twice as fearful of the women. We were powerful. We did not do as we were told, and we did not care what was expected of us. We were a living nightmare for the men who made the rules, as well as for the men who broke them. Those who didn't know anything about magic saw themselves as the authorities on the matter, with a Tartosan noble penning a completely-false guide on magic and how to spot a witch.

We were tortured, burned, drowned. Many of the victims were even just regular humans, without a sliver of magic running through their veins. Some were proven posthumously innocent, but what good is proof of innocence when you are not alive to hold them accountable for their mistakes?

Most of my kind were killed. I witnessed the extinction of the mooncasters of old, and it seems the vampires, the descendants of the ancient bloodcasters, may have met the same fate. After years of hard work from magic and mundane folk alike, we managed to overcome the worst of it all.

The history I remember is naught more than inspiration for dreadful literature and movies marred with washed-up starlets these days, a convenient feel-good story of power for the modern folk who didn't know a thing about solidarity - who would more than happily throw their fellow brothers and sisters under the bus in a heartbeat so long as they got what they needed. They were not the granddaughters or grandsons of the witches Lord Volpe could not burn. They couldn't tell an Inferniate from a Chillio.

These days, it seems 'witch' is considered greatly offensive to most with the power of magic, given our blood-soaked history. I would have thought that they may have reclaimed it at some point, but it seems that day is yet to come. Now almost everyone sticks with 'spellcaster'. The bloodline spellcasters were what remained of the olden-day witches, the descendants of the lineages of mundane folk and the true witches. Many of these families in the modern day dedicate their lives to keeping the spirit of magic alive- and that is exactly what myself and my fellow Sages do here at my realm.

This pocket dimension, settled snugly on the edges of space and time, is one of my own creation. It is connected to my own life force, a necessary component in the creation of this realm. As I grow older and weaker, the realm begins to crumble more and more. Nevertheless, I will fight to keep the art of magic alive until I turn to dust.  The teaching of magic is now being passed on to anyone who may want to learn it. About fifty years ago, we finally considered using a spell that would, in theory, imbue a mundane person with the power of magic - and it worked. Thankfully, it is a much safer procedure today.

In my day, non-bloodline spellcasters did not exist; no bloodline caster in the past few hundreds of years would dare share the secrets of their kin with those who sought to destroy them in the past.

For many, my realm is an escape from a world so grounded in reality that it fails to see the beauty of the metaphysical world. It is an escape from a world where those who do not fit the standards of a few are ostracised by the many. Our differences as spellcasters do not matter. All that matters, all that has ever mattered, is our shared passion for magic. As such, our school of magic attracted people from all walks of life, especially those often shut out by the ordinary world.

Of course, this is not something I can do alone. The education of magic is shared between three of us:

Practical magic, represented by the level-headed and resourceful Wolf, is taught by Sage Ethren Reyes. He is a relaxed, honest and hardworking man who came to learn Practical magic in his forties to help him deal with arthritic pain, and now he teaches this to his students. Many students of Practical Magic learn it to assist others who otherwise cannot assist themselves in various ways, or to assist themselves.

Ethren has quite a few disabled students who have found learning Practical Magic to be a useful accommodation. Others who learn Practical magic just want to make the necessary activities of life a little easier. Many see it as dull and boring, and dedicated Practical casters aren't always the most extroverted or excitable - but practicality is a necessity. The headstrong natures of the Mischief and Untamed casters would be lost without them.

Mischief magic, represented by the cunning and tricky Cat, is taught by Sage Keisha Hughes. She's in her mid-thirties, quirky, and a joker at heart. She used to be a 'magician' at children's parties, until she realised there was much more to magic than illusions and card games. Of course, mischief can easily get out of hand, but it can come in handy for a bit of fun- and can even save a life.

Mischief is a popular choice for students who do not have a serious reason for wanting to learn magic, and it's also popular with female spellcasters as a form of non-violent self-defence. In my day, it was only taught within small pocket communities as they feared their power would be misused by others. Some consider it even more dangerous than Untamed magic.

Untamed magic - represented by the ruthless force of nature, the Dragon - is taught by none other than myself. I am  Áine Ó Sé, the last of the true witches. Untamed magic, formerly known as Wild magic, is considered by many to be the most powerful, and most terrifying, school of magic. Many fear it so much that they never bother to learn any of the spells.

Sul sul!! I have always liked this style of gown, they're called Cranach and they are gowns from early 16th-century Germany, so beautiful and ornate and so unique <33 P.S. Mesh included 😉

Enjoy!

(1918 – Near the end of the Great War)

Despite the joyful moments of watching the children grow into young adults, and with America now in the war, life for the Doyles has slowed to a crawl.

The Doyle family found themselves making the same sacrifices as everyone else. Lucile's finances kept them comfortable, but her business did not emerge unscathed.

Rationing for the troops made certain foods, fabrics, and other necessities hard to come by. Of them all, the restriction on sugar hurt the most.

Sugar was essential for fermentation. The limits on how much she was allowed to purchase were nowhere near enough to continue work for the next season, and so reluctantly Lucile decided to put the business on hiatus.

If things grew tighter and the family's income failed to recover, she would sit them down and discuss it. For now, she had her backstock and private reserve to rely on.

With the winery temporarily closed, Lucile found herself with more time to spend at home. The streets outside were plastered with war posters but given it was a European war she preferred they not discuss it within their home. She believed the children needed peace if they were to focus on school.

Daisy had grown into a bookish young lady. She devoured romantic dramas and mystery novels with such fervor that she often spoke of them endlessly at the dinner table.

Now and then, Daisy would mention her own ideas and opinions about the stories, and the way she spoke gave Lucile the budding suspicion that her girl might be hinting at wanting to become an author.

Pride often filled Lucile's heart. Yet that pride was increasingly shadowed by another feeling, one that drew her thoughts back, again and again, to her father.

"Papa…" she sighed one quiet evening, standing by the fireplace.

"The children are nearly halfway through high school now," Lucile began, her words trailing off as Rosemary's voice carried in from the next room, reciting lines from yet another play. Lucile paused by the interruption then refocused on the portrait above the mantle.

"I am so proud of them," she murmured. "But I worry about their little passions and pastimes… what if they never grow beyond them? I'm glad they've had such luxuries, but I can't help wondering if the futures they choose will truly serve them."

Her gaze lingered on the family portrait before her shoulders slumped.

"I wish I could ask you if this is how you felt with Silas." she whispered. "It's been so long, and yet I still think of him. After everything he's done, he's still my brother. I can't help but mourn the life we might have had if things had been different…"

Lucile drew in a trembling breath.

"The children remind me of him, you know. Brilliant, all of them. They haven't show any special interest in the family business...which is fine it's never something I want them to feel forced to take on."

"But they've shown so little interest in anything else," she went on, shaking her head. "They live in their own small world… and I don't think they realize it’s shrinking."

"An author, an actress, and… well, I'm not entirely sure what Aster is meant to be. His room is a pigsty." A tired smile touched her lips. "But my point is, the world can be cruel. As much as I admire their passions, I don't see how any of them could become steady work. Not in times like these."

Lucile's brow furrowed.

"Even if they could, they're hardly mature enough for it. They've been at each other's throats all week.

"Yesterday, Rosemary blamed daisy for misplacing her comb, and Aster was certain one of his sisters had been in his room, disturbing his "perfectly organized chaos".

"I thought perhaps a firm talking to might help," Lucile continued. "I told them each was responsible for their own belongings, and that whoever had touched something that wasn't theirs ought to own up to it."

She sank into the stool beside the fireplace with a small, weary exhale.

"But still no one confessed."

Her gaze lifted again to her father's face in the portrait, as if he might somehow answer her.

"They're young, I know… emotions run high, "she said softly. "I just wish you or Ma were here to give me some advice. I don't know how to help them grow up any faster."