#k-505

Hello people :)

And here comes Enchanted by Nature, in its k-hippie version :D

There was a lot to do, much beyond the many plants and mostly ... tricky things and stuff. As they say, devil is in the details. And indeed, it took us more time than usual to go through the whole files and details ( such as the stony walls wandering all over the world, mainly in Everdew & Sprucederry ) And we even didn't yet dig below the surface ! :D

Before going to the details, we have a ... RANT ( again )

Maxis did a sloppy job with this world. Okay, Everdew is super cool but the two other neighborhoods ? There's almost NOTHING in there. Sprucederry Grove is as interesting as Newcrest ( but without the lot slots and so, the ability to build ) ... They totally failed Adhmor. It could have been so cool ! But then, how can we be surprised ? It's exiting like a touristic Downton on.a bank holiday at 4pm ... It's sloppy and LAZY. Maxis is back at creating world that are uninteresting, empty, unattractive. Feels like a throwback in the past and if that's the future of Sims 4 development, then please, PLEASE, release a world building tool ....

That being said, we worked on each and every aspect of Innisgreen, lovely at first look ... As we previously said, there was a lot to do and so it took time to go through the files. And let's say we had a lot of fun to watch the transformation of Everdew with the k-707 plants & trees :)

k-101 : 2 roofs and 3 floors

k-505 : all terrains : grassy, urban, roady, rocky, etc ... you should get 4 files related to the k-505 :)

k-707 : 15 enchanted trees & 46 enchanted plants ( + 1 base game which seems to have been added recently : k-hippie-k707-nature-base-plant-debug-grass-GEN-reid-reeds-08082025 ) -> we put it in both k-707 basegame and k-707 enchanted in order to avoid for those who already have the whole k-707 2025 mod to re-download the whole stuff ;) but its true place is inside the k-707 basegame plants ...

So, what about the k-303 ? well, things are evolving. Always :D As the k-202 ( ea floor paints replacement ) is quite for a long time now, and as we currently re-organize our files, and as we are always working on new projects ..................... the k-202 is joining too the k-101 select club to let the place to new content related to the k-mods !

Do not worry. It's not so confusing ...

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k-101 => roofs / floors / floorpaints ( we call groundy )

k-202 => is becoming a place for ... walls replacement ( the thing I never wanted to do due to the unbearable amount of recolors )

k-303 => still the multifix mod of overrides we currently re-organize and upload ( but it won't be available before next September )

k-505 => terrains, every kind of terrain + urban ...

k-606 => foundations and fences overrides

k-707 => well you know ;) the whole plants & trees

k-808 => the matte backgrounds of the game

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Back to Enchanted by Nature :)

We made 4 walls replacement : ( for the new k-202 )

k-hippie-k202-build-wall-enchanted-beech-beauty-over-x11-08082025

k-hippie-k202-build-wall-enchanted-moss-stucco-over-x11-08082025

k-hippie-k202-build-wall-enchanted-scale-like-over-x11-08082025

k-hippie-k202-build-wall-enchanted-stony-stone-over-x11-08082025

And we remade few little debug things things for the k-303, such as the Fairy Hub Centre and the sculpted Mushroom ...

We still need to work on some stuff such as the stone foundation and some plants + the k-808 we do not forget ;) And we need some more time. But you already got most of the Enchanted by Nature k-hippie materials :D If you think stuff are missing, do not hesitate to txt us a little message, NICELY ;)

We are going to update the k-707 2025 edition post in the next hours too. What else ? Well, the download links I suppose :)

Download k-707 here

Download k-505 here

Download k-303 here

Download k-202 here

Download k-101 here

One last parting word :

Huge thanks to Susan, Sweet Cupitan and Gina ... you absolute legends. Your steady, generous support keeps this whole thing running (and keeps me caffeinated enough to survive the “unbearable amount of recolors”)

If you’ve been enjoying the K-mods for a while and haven’t tipped yet, maybe now’s a good time to join the cool kids’ club 😉 Every bit helps, and it really does make a difference.

If you think it’s good enough to drop our way :  PayPal link

Oh ! Almost forgot ... There will be many updates for almost every k-mods in the coming weeks ....... So, stay tuned !

S4 NORDHAVEN - K MODS RELEASE :)

Hello fellows :) here comes the release of k-mods for Nordhaven ( business & hobby expansion )

What's included ?

k-101 ( 3 wood & stone floor replacements )

k-303 ( few objects such as street deco stuff )

k-505 ( 4 files as usually : street, urban, nature, rocky )

k-606 ( 2 debug fences )

k-707 ( all tress and all plants )

k-808 ( the matte backgrounds of Nordhaven )

I really hope everything is fine. We tested it and it seems everything is ok. My apologizes : I didn't yet have time to play a lot with the new expansion.

In the k-303 section, we added a Nordhaven no-cloud package to visually remove the big ugly cloud which add nothing to the world.

The k-707 ( 2025 edition ) post is updated to add Nordhaven and some other exps ;)

k-707 ( 2025 ) for Batuu ( Journey to Batuu )

k-707 ( 2025 ) for Glimmerbrook ( Realm of Magic )

k-707 ( 2025 ) for San Sequoia ( Growing Together )

k-707 ( 2025 ) for Tartosa ( My Wedding Stories )

k-707 ( 2025 ) for Nordhaven ( Business & Hobbies )

Of course, we hope you'll have huge fun :D

Even we are numerous to cross some hard times, please, remember we have a ko-fi where we are always glad to receive some tips :)

download the k-mods HERE

That's all folks. see you soon ! \o/

NEW WEBSITE - NEW DOWNLOAD LINKS - SAME PROCESS

Hello people who follow us :)

Well, I think tech-hippie website is ok now -> for a question of convenience, and to avoid some troubles with the wordpress management, we sorted out the wordpress based k-mods pages to a "simple" html structure ...

What does it change for your visits & downloads on our website ?

Not so much.

The Main page ( see the picture above ) is the same with the same address : https://tech-hippie.com

The specific k-mods general page have the same address too : https://tech-hippie.com/k-mods/

Here the new website :)

From there, ATTENTION : each k-mod sub-page has a different address so if you bookmarked a k-mod page, it is time to modify your bookmark ;)

https://tech-hippie.com/k-mods/sub-k101.html

https://tech-hippie.com/k-mods/sub-k202.html

https://tech-hippie.com/k-mods/sub-k303.html

https://tech-hippie.com/k-mods/sub-k505.html

https://tech-hippie.com/k-mods/sub-k606.html

https://tech-hippie.com/k-mods/sub-k707.html

https://tech-hippie.com/k-mods/sub-k808.html

It could be nice to reblog this post of new k-hippie links for others :)

Then, now, each k-mod sub-page has its own identity with a different background. Nothing too fancy, the core pages remain the same.

Each link has been rewritten and renamed to get a bit more clarity.

-> example : https://tech-hippie.com/kmods/k-202/k-hippie-k202-2025-wally-cottage-x11-all.zip

or https://tech-hippie.com/kmods/k-505/k-hippie-k505-2025-terrain-univ-x11.zip

If something goes wrong, I'm pretty sure you'll tell me asap :D

AND NOW ... UPDATE TIME !

As we rewrote the links, we already add some of the NECESSARY updates we began to work on :)

5x k-505 has been updated :

Basegame + Seasons ( all together )

Get to Work ( which has now a single .package for all its files )

Cottage Living ( we cleaned and suppressed all the walls from "k-505-urban" to the new k-202 Wally mod )

Discover University ( we cleaned and suppressed all the walls from "k-505-urban" to the new k-202 Wally mod )

Outdoor Retreat ( we modified few terrain files )

Outdoor Retreat k-707 has been updated :

We modified all the pines + few plants. Colorimetry of the trees has been modified, we made some new meshes for the pines to avoid the crazy moves, and we modified the bark textures.

The k-202 is slowly coming :

As we said previously in another post, we moved some k-mods to let the k-202 become a kinda alpha walls replacement. So, some walls which were previously included in some k-505 urban packages are now out of the k-505 and belong to the k-202 Wally mod :)

For now, there are 3 files available and released on the website :

Cottage Living k-202 Wally mod

Discover University k-202 Wally mod

Enchanted by Nature k-202 Wally mod

Remember : our pictures are not the most beautiful ones, they only intend to show you how it is in-game ;)

Well, that's all for today. We have to work now on the k-303 page to get a better organized kind of show and release the numerous files lost here and there ( but not in the tight place ) ... Will be released as soon as possible :)

A special thanks to @merlinlefey - @bodaccia48 and @szanne7000 for their unconditional support ! I love you ;)

Rendez-vous next week. xoxo. blackgryffin

K-NEWS ...................... K-707 2025 EDITION REDUX - UPDATES

I hope everyone is getting a great summertime :) Here some k-hippie news related to both Sims 4 and Sims 3 for your eyes only ;)

In addition of the k-707 2025 Edition, we release the k-505, the k-101 and the k-606 ( roofs ) of Lovestruck ...

All those files are now available ;)

EDIT : Posting here some pictures of the 6 expansions released today ( lack of place in the main k-707 redux 2025 Edition post ) :D

Remember : those pictures are made without any reshade. Everything has been tested. So, there is not any problem between the k-707 ( and the other k-mods ) and the sims 4 last updates ;)

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Related to the Sims 3, I hope you liked Lost Cove 10th Anniversary which is a perfect world to play with during Summer ;)

It seems our personal summer is the Season of Updates :D So ............. Here another update we'll release next week : Eureka Valley 2025 :)

But we'll talk about more in details next week ;) with downloads links and pictures and ... well all the details you need :)

k-707 2025 BOLD UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS

Hello everyone :)

The new k-707 is going to be released in the coming days :D but as it is a kind of new experience, we have some kinda instructions in order to get everything working fine.

Step right up, folks, for the grand unveiling of our biggest project yet! The K-707 isn’t just a mod—it’s a green revolution. Taking on almost every flower, patch of grass, bush, and tree makes this even more massive than the K-505. And trust us, our brains are already feeling the strain! :D

But before instructions, let me tell you the k-707 story ;)

We really hope you'll enjoy it. We worked hard on it with 5 rules :

Replace EVERY tree of the game

NO overrides with crazy high polygons amount

Follow as much as possible the Maxis directions ( trees style )

Decrease amount of polygons where it is possible

No trees defying gravity and laws of physics

It took long for few reasons ...

At first, we always knew the first version was a vast experiment. When ea made its direct x11 update, it was time to make a bold update ... but we didn't want simply remove the non-strictly-dds-x2 images and replace them ... we wanted more. We always wanted more, even we are not kinda ea gurus :D ( hey EA ! don't you want hire some true creators with a long term vision of your game ? ) <- poll : would you like k-hippie as maxis creators or not ? :D

Joke apart, it was difficult. Almost 1 year long, we searched and searched solutions to get rid of all problems we met when replacing foliage on a debug tree, or modifying anything on a debug tree ( for info : we are not blender gurus nor sims 4 core users )

All we knew was few lines :

When cloning a tree, you cannot lose the any of the vert color data. I suspect whatever tool(s) you are using to do the cloning is losing this data, since this setup is somewhat unique to trees.

The vertex color layout for trees is as follows. Green and Blue are ignored for channels 1…4 : Color 0 RGB Surface color tint Color 1 R Rustle direction X Color 2 R Rustle direction Y Color 3 R Rustle direction Z Color 4 R Rustle phase ( game generates two wind scales that change over time, this term interpolates between the two )

The pipeline keeps the rustle information in a vertex color format for what the game engine will load, which means it’s in the range 0 and 1. The shader remaps this into a 0.5 to -0.5 range before scaling it and applying the offset to the leaves. Note that these directions are clamped but not normalized ( they’re allowed to be different lengths ) The WindMagnitude material parameter acts as a scaling factor.

So, we started with this information, begging in vain for some help, both inside the Sims community and outside ... but nobody helped us. And frankly, it interested no-one except us and our beloved followers :)

We found multitude of tutorials ( funny how many they are as soon as it is clothes related ) but nothing related to our specific target. We paused our research many times, made direct x11 updates for our other k-mods and so on. Until ... zaceitorius in July 13rd 2024

Who is zaceitorius ? We do not know. A simple member of sims4studio with 6 posts who gave us a simple bright clue which seems obvious after all, but yet very very precious indeed !

And here we are today. 300 trees and numerous plants later ... <- another reason why it took a long time :D

We made a lot of vertex experiments, we lost data colors, remade again and again some other experiments and well, we are still experiment, remake small details which seem important to us and so on ... And for now, it works :D And now you are warned : the k-707 is far from perfect.

And now, the instructions :)

The k-707 covers both trees & plants, both debug and lot trees & plants

What's new ? No more than usual. We tracked all the non-strictly-dds-x2 images, reshaped some trees ( such as the multitude of oaks ), added some flowers ( where we removed them in 2021 ) but kept many foliage we already did. We tried to simplify many details but added some others and replaced some plants.

How many stuff it represents ? We do not know. Many indeed. We stopped the count :D

Because of its size ( and our love for our sanity ), THE RELEASE WILL ROLL OUT IN PARTS ( not slowly but piece by piece ). If we waited until it was all perfect, you’d be seeing it around ( maybe ) September 2025 ... Let’s not tempt fate—or burnout! :D

The K-707 is neatly organized for your convenience :

Each DLC gets 2 folders : one for plants, one for trees.

The base game gets 4 folders ( a bit different since most of the greenery is drawn from there ) divided into lots and debug folders.

Expansions which have very few greenies ( City, Get to Work, University ) get the same folder named : k-hippie-k707-multi-greeny-2025

IMPORTANT :

Leave them in each of their folders ( or create your owns based on a similar methodology )

If you merge files : we can’t help troubleshoot if it doesn’t work anymore, so be smart ;)

You’re free to do as you like, but we strongly recommend keeping this tidy folder setup. If you need to troubleshoot down the line, it’ll save you a major headache.

And for the mavericks out there who love merging files—go for it, but know this : we won’t be able to help if things go haywire.

Now, we could wax poetic about how stunning the K-707 is, how every leaf, petal, and blade of grass is crisper, richer, and beautifully integrated into your worlds—but hey, we'll do it later, inside the release post :D

We could do more, more realistic trees and so on but we do not want integrate crazy high poly models. We do not want an unplayable game isn't it ? ;)

The k-707 is not yet finished. We got some more work to do on it, shape the last details, and some re-checks.

But here is what is new compare to the previous version : we kinda cracked ( a bit only ) the code. Trees swinging in the wind like it’s a dancing contest ? No more. Trees defying gravity and laws of physics by groveling into the ground ? No more. Just remember we do not have the hands upon the worlds construction, so, when trees are not into the ground, well, call your reseller aka EA itself ...

K-505 GET FAMOUS MANDATORY TINY UPDATE <- DO IT !

A Simmer alerted us on a problem related to Del Sol Valley - Get Famous k-505 ...

Indeed, we’ve found a rogue file lurking in k-hippie-k505-terrain-valley-x11-delta-replacement-09092024. If your game’s throwing shade, here’s the fix : either delete the sneaky file yourself ( ID : 1562C46B014D2B73 ) or grab the shiny, updated version from our website ( peek at the Get Famous section )

And before you ask—it’s just a 2048x2048 square .dds maxis image. But somehow, it’s got a flair for chaos in gameplay. Update now, and let the pixels behave !

( same name package and same date ) HERE

And here is the ugly face of the guilty file ( do not ask <- we do not know yet why this file is making trouble ... )

Have a nice day and a great weekend everyone ;)

TODAY ... THE DAY OF THE K-MODS DIRECTX11 UPDATE :)

Hello everyone :)

Here we are, after 2 weeks of intensive hard work :D we finally made most of our Sims 4 creations compliant with the pesky direct x11 update ...

As we thought, it has nothing to do with square or non square pictures ( maxis make non square pictures since the Sims 2 ) as we read around the web. So, do not waste your time with this point.

The difference between before the directX11 and after the directX11 is that now, strictly x2 multiple .dds are required.

Mainly, the minimum sizes of images in the Sims are 128 and/or 256 ( except thumbnails and some tiny specular which are smaller ) ...

Based on this, before the directX11, we could make images based on multiple of 128 and/or 256 such as 768x768 - 1536x1536 and so on, which was convenient to render a better image without growing too high in size/weight. It was a kinda suitable tolerance which is accepted by almost all games !

But now, every image which is not a perfect x2 multiple brings the famous question mark on it.

Curiously, this statement does not apply to ... Walls ! 256 base multiple is still working ( 256x768 - 256x1024 - 256x1280 ) Illogical as fuck but well ... here we are ;)

The Worlds we didn't update are due for a complete redux, so you'll have to wait a bit for those :

Brindleton Bay

Del Sol Valley

Britechester

And of course, the one we never released until now : San Myshuno

WHAT WE UPDATED TOO ...

We still didn't update the fences of the k-606. It will take some time. Be patient ;)

As we're currently updating our website, we re-organized the whole k-303 stuff which was a real deal :D But everything related to the k-303 is now direct x11 updated :) ( such as Willow Creek trolleys )

We corrected a few files too. Easier since we had to check so many files :D And we added some new stuff ( such as Outdoor Retreat small replacements )

This update changes everything for the ones who made the x11 update. It changes almost nothing for those who didn't make the x11 update. It just updates our files ;)

Everything is not yet over and finished. We just made the essentials.

Our walls are working fine ( except the thumbnails ... As we didn't make those thumbnails, we search the issue )

Many of our creations are ok. But not everything indeed. We didn't yet check everything. That's a job at work :) So, you know, if you notice something, send us a message. A detailed one of course ...

THE UPDATES WERE MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE 2 FANTASTIC TESTERS WHO MADE THE DIRECT X11 UPDATE HELPED US. THEY WERE OUR EYES ON THIS PROJECT :)

SweetCupitan : @cupisims

Mika : @kunisprings

THANKS !!! and Bravissimo :)

And now ... the links ! :D

k-hippie main website : https://tech-hippie.com

All the k-mods : https://tech-hippie.com/k-mods/

Sims 4 faktory : https://tech-hippie.com/sims4-faktory/

WINDENBURG 2024 ... A HUGE REDUX & UPDATE :)

Here we are ... After 2 weeks of intensive work :D comes the release of Windenburg 2024, 4 years after the first update and 8 years after the first release ... A long time due bold update where we tried to enhance one of the most iconic sims 4 World ...

We made a lot of work on urban stuff ( mainly ) and tried to enhance everything we could, except the ruins which are a work apart ;)

We enhanced the grounds ( streets, pavements ), the walls, some colors of the soils, the rocks, the textures, and even the fake buildings and houses :D

We made too some modifications such as the kakemono ( we made newer simlish pictures ), the streetlights ( we removed the stupid little posters in order to get cooler street lamps ), we added some textures to the plastic/glossy sculptures, we corrected basic textures we didn't make last time, we made an overhaul brighter aspect, we worked on many details all around when it was possible ...

Even where the textures were already ok, we revised the whole stuff ... Well you'll see ;)

We divided this Windenburg ( Get Together ) update in 5 files :

- k-hippie-k505-terrain-gtog-new-nature-replacement-10102024 - k-hippie-k505-terrain-gtog-new-roads-replacement-10012024 - k-hippie-k505-terrain-gtog-new-rocks-replacement-10012024 - k-hippie-k505-terrain-gtog-new-ruins-replacement-10012024 - k-hippie-k505-terrain-gtog-new-urban-replacement-10012024

Beyond the k-505 terrains, there is too an update of the k-101 and one or two important files we put in the k-303 Multifix mod ...

There are an important k-303 file in order to get all the textures in the right place ... a kinda "bizarre" element which doesn't appear without this :/ but do not worry, it's nothing embarrassing for your game ;)

- k-hippie-k303-2024-obj-gtog-debug-stonewall-both-replacement

At last, to get the modifications we made ( such as the streetlight ) :

- k-hippie-k303-2024-obj-gtog-streetlamp-replacement - k-hippie-k303-2024-obj-gtog-debug-kakemono-replacement - k-hippie-k303-2024-obj-gtog-debug-fenceiron-replacement - k-hippie-k303-2024-obj-gtog-debug-fencebrick-replacement

Attention : some of the pictures have been made using the Tudor Walls we made in 2018 : HERE

Next weekend, we'll provide the fences redux, aka the k-606 update for Get Together ( and maybe for the Base Game too ) ... if we have enough time ! :D

Ko-fi // Paypal --> if you think our creations are worthing ;)

Anyway, hope you'll like this bold update :)

xoxo

- download the k-505 terrain files

- download the k-303 files

- download the k-101 update