Hey! I'm going to walk you through creating your own pattern using the Pattern Tool in TSRW. This tutorial works for both Sims 3 and Sims Medieval - the tools are the same for both games.
🎨 WE'LL NEED:
TSRW
A graphics editor — Photoshop, Paint.net, or any other
Sims3Pack Multi Installer - Converts files from .sims3pack to .package format
1. Creating the image
Start by making a 256x256 image using only Red, Green, and Blue. If you want a fourth color, you can use the Alpha channel (I'll show you how to create such an image in the notes at the end of this guide).
Save your image as PNG, DDS, or BMP.
❗ Do not use images that contain colors other than pure Red, Green, or Blue. Otherwise, they will become distorted when recolored in-game.
2. LAUNCH AND CREATE A NEW PATTERN
Open TSRW. In the top menu, go to Tools and select Pattern Tool - the pattern creation window will open.
3. IMPORT YOUR IMAGE
Click the Browse button and select your file.
4. CONFIGURE THE CHANNELS
On the right side of the window, you'll see checkboxes for each color channel: Red (1), Green (2), Blue (3), and Alpha (4).
Check the channels that are present in your image. Usually, these are the first three, but if your image has transparency, you can also use the fourth one.
Each checked channel can be recolored in-game with its own color. For each checkbox, you can set a default color by clicking the color swatch or entering a HEX code.
5. SAVE YOUR PATTERN
Fill in the Title and Description fields. Choose which in-game Category your pattern will appear under, and pick a Surface Type it will imitate (for example, fabric or wood).
If you imported your image in a format other than DDS, check the Use DXT compression box.
Click Export to create a .Sims3Pack file.
6. CONVERT FOR SIMS MEDIEVAL
For the pattern to work in TSM, you'll need to convert it to .package format using Sims3Pack Multi Installer or any other equivalent tool.
7. Place the file in your Mods folder and test it in game.
Cool!
✨ HOW TO USE THE ALPHA CHANNEL?
Every color you see on screen is created by mixing Red, Green, and Blue - these are the three RGB channels. The Alpha channel is a fourth channel that doesn't store color information; instead, it stores transparency levels for each pixel.
White (255) means fully opaque - the pixel is completely visible
Black (0) means fully transparent - the pixel is invisible
1. Open your image in a graphics editor that supports DDS files.
2. Go to the "Channels" tab and create a new channel by clicking the icon at the bottom.
3. Select the area you want and fill it with white.
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my third makeup collection is finally here! some of these have been sitting in my wip folder for some time, but they finally have a home.
this collection contains 9 items, consisting of two eyeliners, two blushes, three eyeshadows, one lipgloss, and one costume makeup. everything has been put in a zip folder, so you can pick and choose what you want to install!
view under the cut for more details and download links ♡
note: all items are standard 1k textures
jetset eyeliner
flagged for female only, teen to elder
1 recolourable channel
moonbeam gloss
flagged for female only, teen to elder
3 recolourable channels
rhinestone eyes
flagged for female only, teen to elder
1 recolourable channel, 2 presets
found in the costume makeup section
siren eyeliner
flagged for female only, teen to elder
1 recolourable channel
summer renaissance eyeshadow
flagged for female only, teen to elder
3 recolourable channels
sunburst eyeshadow
flagged for female only, teen to elder
4 recolourable channels
sunkissed blush
flagged for both genders, teen to elder
1 recolourable channel
sunshine highlight
flagged for female only, teen to elder
2 recolourable channels
found in eyeshadow section
twinkle blush
flagged for female only, teen to elder
2 recolourable channels
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wcif? hairs are cazy sandy and leahlillith carina v1
I've been getting a lot of questions about the ReShade preset used in my screenshots!
The preset was originally created by @demuresims, who shared it with me a while ago for testing. Since so many people have been asking about it, she told me I could upload this version for download.
Please keep in mind that @demuresims is the original creator of this preset. She doesn't use this version anymore and modified it a long time ago, but she kindly gave me permission to share it since my screenshots give a good idea of what it looks like in-game.
A huge thank you to my bestie for allowing me to share it with everyone ♡
ꕤ [Demure] Dynasty Preset
Special thanks to those who would like/already rebloging my content! ♡ @pis3update@katsujiiccfinds@thatbelgianwaffle@florydaccfinds@simphoraa@kpccfinds@eternalccfinds@wanderingsimsfinds@patrys3ccfinds
{Cupidish} Backtrack Dream Moment Set for AF - 4to3
Wahoo, A lil set. All the dresses were reduced by hand. More info in the specifications under the cut
Some of the morphs may look a bit jank, I apologize
EDIT: Forgot to put the link to post since i was sleep deprived original is here
Specifications
Textures: 1024k For all
Elise Dress Poly: 11.5k (Reduced from 34k)
Haylee Dress Poly: 8.4k (Reduced from 10k)
Lace Corset Dress Poly: 9.6k (Reduced from 12.5k)
All Lods || Fully Recolourable || Pregnancy Morphs for Haylee & Lace Corset Dress || Disabled for Random
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This series of content will be random things I decided to replace in my game and that I wanted to share with you guys. These replacements are small but brings a small touch of change into your game.
Contents :
Sleeping Icon, made more simple and smaller (only for humans)
Clothes Bag, made flat and white
Pet Leash, made black and white
Drinks Tray, made flat and black
Download :
SimFileShare - GoogleDrive - Patreon
My mods will always remain free but if you want to support me you can always through here : https://buymeacoffee.com/kwimii !
Super excited to share that I got to collaborate with the insanely talented @afuzzyduckie! She built the stunning exterior of this house, and I had the absolute joy of furnishing it.
Her builds are always amazing, and working together on this project was such a fun experience!
You can watch the Speed Build HERE and download the furnished version with all the CC here:
Download here:
❀ Garnet Nesting
Just place the file in your Packages and Library folders!
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With DXVK and S3SS living their high days, older Sims 3 installment guides are rapidly starting to become outdated. So here's a brand new and up-to-date step-by-step guide to go through when you do a fresh install of your game that will help you get the best performance you could possibly imagine for this old and laggy gem of a game.
Have Sims 3 installed, but is it performing abhorrently? I highly recommend a fresh install. You don't have to delete your saves or mods. Just get yourself a fresh bin to work with by uninstalling, going into your program files The Sims 3 folder and deleting any remnant files still in there. Then follow my guide!
All of the steps to follow are below the line ->
Step 1: install your game through your respected platform.
Just follow the regular steps and install the game without adding any other stuff yet whatsoever.
(I personally have a legit copy of the Sims 3 on Steam. If you use another app and have any questions, I'll probably not be able to help you.)
Step 2: run the game once through the official launcher. Once you get to the main menu, you can quit again.
It is very important you run your game through the original launcher at least once after installing it. Not doing so can cause problems with programs like CC magic. You only need to do it the first time. After that, we'll be skipping the launcher entirely.
Step 3: Create a short cut of TS3W.exe on your desktop.
You'll be skipping the launcher from now on. This helps with performance and it starts up your game much faster. It is also important to do this because of DXVK.
You can find TS3W.exe in your bin folder. For me (Steam version) it's in this location:
Right click TS3W.exe, click 'show more options' and choose 'create a shortcut'. Place this shortcut on your desktop and Run Sims 3 from there from now on.
Step 4: Run the GPU Add-on Support patcher
You can find this patcher here. It is essential to run this because Sims will otherwise not recognize your graphics card unless it's over 10 years old. This patcher helps to get your GPU recognized.
The patcher will create a new Graphicsrules.sgr and new Graphicscards.sgr for you in your bin folder. After installing this, you can move the ones that have _old behind them somewhere else (or delete them).
Step 5: Install DXVK
Make sure you follow this guide by Nornities and do every single step. Don't skip anything! Make sure you install the version in this guide (DXVK 2.3.1)
I'd say DXVK is pretty essential nowadays, especially if you have a modern graphics card with 6GB of VRAM or higher. It'll greatly help to keep your game stable and can prevent a lot of crashes. The way Dxvk works, is that it loads textures through your VRAM instead of your RAM. Especially when you use a lot of CC or HD textures, this will make a huge difference for your RAM usage. Sims 3 can only use 4GB of RAM at once and will start crashing once you hit the 3GB mark in your task manager. With DXVK, you will use a lot less RAM and it'll take much longer for your game to reach this hard cap.
When not to install DXVK: if you have a shitty GPU (like an integrated graphics card on a laptop, or one with 4GB of VRAM or less).
Step 6: Start up the game
Use your new desktop shortcut that also has 'run as administrator' permissions now if you followed the DXVK guide properly.
Step 7: set up all your settings through the ingame options menu
The best graphics settings for you will highly depend on what computer you're using. But there are some things you should always turn off because they negatively affect performance. I will share my (relevant) settings with you (I use a custom UI so your screen style will look a little different from mine). Click on the images to enlarge them so you can read them:
Things of note about these settings:
I recommend you play in windowed mode, especially if you plan to use ReShade. Playing fullscreen is possible, but it does make Reshade presets behave differently in your game. I will include a step in this guide that you can follow to play windowed borderless. So, when you plan to do this: make sure you set the resolution to your display resolution.
Enable object hiding helps with performance. Advanced rendering is essential because otherwise your game looks like absolute shit.
Set your High Detail Lots to any value between 2 and 4. Don't go lower or higher, because you'll get rendering issues that lag out your game.
All other graphics settings can be set to your heart's desire. I'd say start with the highest settings and only go down if you notice your frames per second are bad.
Disable shop mode and lessons and fully disable memories or use this mod to severly limit them. Disable interactive loading screens as well. These are all performance eaters. Interactive loading screen also causes crashes. Memories also don't do anything for your sim, it's just a scrap book with no in-game effects.
Disable any online mode feature. This also lags out your game. Unless you really want to use these features it's best to just play fully offline.
Save your settings, close the game again.
Step 8: Install Sims 3 Settings Setter
This is the most recent magic genie that Sims 3 was blessed with. Especially combined with DXVK it is a life changer. Installing it is simple. You download the most recent version here and drop the .asi file in your bin. Also grab 'wininet.dll' from here (the 32 bit one) and drop that one in your bin too.
Start up your game and load up a save. Once you're inside your save, you press 'insert' to open up the menu for Sims 3 Settings Setter. Go to the 'patches' tab and enable what you like. These are my enabled patches and they all work really well for me, but feel free to experiment with them to find your own performance sweet spot:
Only enable uncompressed textures if you have a GPU with at least 8gb of VRAM. My game will use over 6gb of VRAM easily with this enabled, so you've been warned.
Once you have everything you desire enabled, press 'file' in the top left corner and click 'save settings'.
Step 8.5: if you're playing windowed mode: go into the Other/QoL tab and enable 'Borderless Window'. Set it to 'Full Screen'.
Save your settings and close your game again. No need to save the game you entered for this unless you want to.
Step 9: Install Nraas Errortrap, MasterController and Overwatch
These 3 mods by Nraas are pretty much essential to keep your game from breaking down in the long run. You can download the mods here. Have you never installed a mod for Sims 3 before? Here's a guide (skip the part about Sims3pack and go straight to the part where it explains how to install .package mods).
That's it! You can now play The Sims 3 and it'll be as smooth and stable as it'll ever be. From here on, you can stock your game with more mods and CC (check out my mods masterlist!), or you can install Reshade (here's a guide).
Some important things to keep in mind while playing:
Clean up your game regularly. You can easily do this by using Regul Save Cleaner.
When you install a new mod or update/change Sims 3 Settings Setter, always restart and clear your caches.
Use CC Magic for installing CC, because it merges your files and this really helps with performance. Here's a handy guide on how to use it. Don't put your script mods in here, just your CC.
If you plan to travel to vacation destinations in the EP World Adventures, Nraas Traveler is a must to prevent most of the bugs and crashes that happen in this expansion.
Always keep in mind: mods and corrupt CC can still break your game, make it laggy or unplayable. Always be mindful of the mods you add, so you can always trace any issues you're having back to the mod causing it. I highly recommend not downloading a ton of mods in one session, but adding them step by step and see what they do to your games performance.
Use 'Reset the entire town' from Nraas MasterController at least every other sim week. It'll help clear up any lag that happens because of NPC sims getting themselves stuck routing or annoying stuff like that.
Got a slow CAS? Use Nraas MasterController Compact mode! (Make sure you have the Nraas MasterController Integration module installed).
Navigate to NRaas > MasterController > Settings > CAS.
