Flower Arranging - Interaction And Skill!

I've been sick in bed with a cold.

My abdominal muscles pain from coughing too much.

★ゴーゴー喫茶の編集(Go-go kissa Edit)★(Disco)

It's difficult to explain "Go-go kissa" in English… Excerpt from Wikipedia. "Go-go kissa is a type of coffee shop that was popular from the 1960s to the early 1970s. This is one of the so-called music cafes where you can listen to go-go with live music by electric bands and loud LP records, and dance go-go in the center of the floor. "

The "Go-go kissa" posted on April 5th has been slightly self renovated.

I'm really bad at choosing exterior walls. I wouldn't say it's very nice.

I created a signboard in the style of the late 1960s.

I made the tables, chairs, and floor look old-fashioned. Full of retro feel.

The Sims seem to be having a lot of fun chatting, dancing, and drinking, so I'm glad I built it.

☆I can’t write it all down, but I’m grateful to the many CC creators.☆

Thank you for always reading my posts！

See you next time.

KAIHOLA by technicallyswagpizza

"Sea and people have made the island what it is today. The island's epic landscapes are the stuff of poetry. Sand, wind, unspoiled archipelago and the beautiful bedrock, worn smooth by glacial ice. Glistening in the afternoon sun, yellow, red and white houses cling to rocky shores and fishing boats bob in the water. The verdant pine forests turn to charming leafy tunnels, framing every view. Time stops, people live a quiet life here."

Kaiho is a word that is a bit more difficult to translate as it has a certain type of melancholic nuance to it that nostalgia or longing for something doesn't cover exactly. Kaihola is my ode to Finland, an undefinable sadness that won't go away. The world is loosely based on two islands off the coast of Finland, Hailuoto and Ahvenanmaa, and my tiny hometown up north.

FEATURES

Medium sized map.

35 lots all in all spread across the island.

Unpopulated.

Includes a base camp enabling you to use Kaihola as a travel destination.

Spanking new distant terrain and matching terrain painting textures.

Wide variety of regular spawners, no World Advenures or ITF

Custom lighting mod included in the world file.

But wait, there is more! I have made two versions for you to choose from!

#1 Empty world // Requirements:

All expansion packs except ITF (No stuff packs!). Yikes! It's a lot for an empty world and boy don't I know it! I'm fairly sure I have used every other expansion except ITF for the landscaping. Some more than the others, however if you are missing an expansion pack, the trees and shrubs I have used will simply be replaced by something else.

CC used: Distant terrain, some of the flowers and trees made by me + Hidden Springs decorative barns + Aurora Skies birch tree are included in the download.

Map is completely empty, has a wide variety of spawners and is ready to be built by you.

Empty diving lot off the coast somewhere.

Two options for world installation, either through the launcher as a sims3pack OR bypass the launcher and drop the world package file in the designated folder.

Optional terrain painting textures made by me available for download if you wish to use them for landscaping your lots in game.

⇩ Download // Mirror ⇩

#2 Built and ready to move in! // Requirements:

All expansion packs except ITF (No stuff packs!)

CC used: Rabbit hole rugs by Jynx (Pet fixed), some EA store items, my distant terrain, flowers, trees, house shells and rabbit hole recolours. All included in the download.

If you don’t have some of the expansion packs or don’t want to install the EA store content provided, the items I have used will simply be replaced by something else from your own game. I cannot promise that nothing will break, but some bits might look a little bare or funky due to the replaced items!

All the lots are built and furnished, I have left 5 empty lots for you to build and fill yourself including an empty diving lot off the coast.

Recoloured and rescripted rabbit holes. That being said, Kaihola comes with basic rabbit hole careers you would get in a vanilla game.

Two options for world installation, either through the launcher as a sims3pack OR bypass the launcher and drop the world package file in the designated folder.

Optional terrain painting textures made by me available for download if you wish to use them for landscaping your lots in game.

The church deco has snow issues. To be fixed at some point in the future, maybe?

⇩  Download // Mirror ⇩

Almost there, just few more bits!

I have created a lighting mod for Kaihola and included it in the world file itself, I would recommend at least trying it out (by taking your own lighting mod out of Mods/Packages folder to see it in action)! If you like Kaihola’s lighting and want to use it in other worlds or as a standalone mod, shoot me a message and I’ll make a package for you.

In the screenshots above I have maxed out settings and Reshade enabled, but my preset is very subtle and it only adds a soft blur effect and strengthens shadows a little bit. I don't edit my screenshots other than crop and resize them with photoshop, so basically what you see above is what you will get :>

I would strongly advise downloading Nraas Go Here and disabling boats. They will cause lag as townies have a habit of looping around with them endlessly. I'd also recommend disabling wild horses and stray pets as they tend to get stuck.

I built all the lots myself except for the following 3: A massive thank you to @silvakristiina for letting me use her de-CCd Ivars house as a base camp, I also edited a junkyard from doublemedion694′s Cladbridge-on-Stowe and the boat is an edited version of this made by @fagersims.

If you post pictures, please let me know and tag them with #Kaihola or simply @ tag me. I’d love to see any and all pictures!

Congratulations, you have reached the end credits!

Special thanks to @silvakristiina and @depistako for playtesting and giving me feedback about the feel of the world! ♡

I know it has been like 2 years now, but thank you @hydrangeachainsaw for teaching me how to make distant terrain and for all the invaluable World Machine & Blender help! And a final thanks to @grandelama for sharing the beautiful road textures and allowing me to tweak them further! (  ˊᵕˋ  )♡.°

//Oopsie daisy fixes!

2.2.2022 - Fixed the blue lot/missing lots with fully build version. Redownload please!

17.2.2022 - Added missing bistro rabbithole .package file in the CC folder. You don't need to redownload everything, just drop this file in your mods folder if you downloaded the world on the first day of release http://www.simfileshare.net/download/2986213/

15th Century Lookbook, Part 1 of Many

Part of a posing dry run for a project for a certain someone. This is a superimposition of bowing poses on a hurdy-gurdy object, because I wanted to.

I then realized that fiddles are medieval on their own, but I had already set myself on the hurdy-gurdy, so...eh. I admit the erasing was not done well. My model also ought to be wearing a veil, or crispinettes, or something, but I liked the hair too much to do that.

These inaccuracies aside, I think it looks quite nice.

Gown by me (personal edit, unreleased) | Hair by @melsts3cc | Shoes by natef05 | Bow by @danjaley | Hurdy-Gurdy by @murfeelee | Pose by danjaley

Tip: smaller save files

Guys, no one asked for this xD but I thought I should share with you!

I bought a new PC and was looking for ways to clean my savefiles, so i found this tutorial. It is a way to delete those useless memory pictures that are stored in your saves. It would be 1000% reccomended to turn off the memory system btw!

Seriously, just look at this hundred of files just stressing the game!!! I managed to get rid of 310MB x.x

The long-suffering dark and eerie lighting problem in Sims3 has been solved thanks to @lazyduchess [TS3] Shader Tweaks! (The second and fourth images were taken using Reshade.）

some things i wish people told me when i started playing TS3

I see a lot of people losing saves and sims and whatnot and it used to happen to me too. I still miss some of my earlier families that I could’ve saved using these tips! I know these will be kind of no-brainers for some, but I hope others find it useful.

NEVER ‘save’. ALWAYS ‘save as’. saving overwrites your last save, and if something causes your save to become corrupt, you will lose EVERYTHING. using ‘save as’ ensures that each time you save, a new save folder is created. if for some reason your most recent ‘save as’ is corrupted, the last backup should be roughly around the same spot. you’ll lose hours of work, rather than months of work! you can get a mod that reminds you to save as from NRaas here.

back up your .sim files and home lots, not just your save files. put them in a folder outside of your TS3 folder. upload them to a file sharing service biweekly (or more, depending how much you play). that way if for some reason your computer dies or needs to be wiped, you’ll have a recent save of your current families stored in the cloud. also, if you upload a S3P of your family’s current lot, you may be able to salvage some cc, or at the very least, the structure of their home. backing up the library file might also be a good idea.

convert anything that you can to package files. whenever I download cc in a S3P format I always separate what can and cannot be converted into separate folders. and use Delphy’s S3P multi-extractor. I usually convert anything and everything except lots, worlds and counters/patterns (because they will break your game!). extracting counters may lead to some bugs and extracting patterns leads to “materializing materials” in CASt. DO NOT CONVERT COUNTERS OR PATTERNS. 

“quarantine” new cc! I always put my new cc into a folder fondly named “toxic”. if I’m able to play without any issues, I move the cc from “toxic” into the general cc population and repeat as I add new cc. it’s easier for me to do it this way if for some reason my game won’t start, I’ll just move my ‘toxic’ folder out and start troubleshooting. you could also just sort your cc folder by “last added”, but if you move your cc folder around a lot (I do sometimes move the subfolders in and out of my game folders) the dates will not always be correct and it may be harder to find the offending cc. some use Delphy’s Dashboard to find corrupted cc, but I don’t find it very useful. 

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Boutique Mod - WIP

A peek at my latest project—my interpretation of the sims 2 shopping for clothes system, complete with animations I have pilfered and converted from TS4 and various concepts I nabbed from here and there.

I'm at the point of the project where I've forgotten why I originally wanted to make it but alas, the show must go on!

This mod is as much for the business side of running a clothes store as it is the customer side.

However, once you've set things up, the shop should be able to run itself in your absence (so you can be as micromanagy, or as non-micromanagy as you wish).

As well as buying outfits using clothes racks, I remixed the ITF Clothing Pedestal and made my own variation of that too. Plus, I added a way to buy accessories from their own rack, so you have multiple ways to dress your sims up.

While not pictured, @dhalsims kindly converted the ITF clothes rack so I could use it in this mod. One cool thing about the clothes racks is that they'll actually get emptier as the stock goes down!

The closer I get to release, the more ideas for additions I have, but I'm finally at the stage where I'm polishing up the existing features!

The next time I make a post about this mod, it'll probably be on release so please look forward to that! I have a lot of documentation to write :P

Until then!

The Sims 3 Catalog

Lillesund - The Sims 3 Catalog

The Sims 3 Lillesund  Description: The idyllic Lillesund was once a small fishing community. Today, tourism is flourishing in the small town

Sims 3 Lillesund download link

Get to know you - Sims Style

Thank you @descendantdragfi for tagging me 💜

What’s your favorite Sims death?

I have a hard time letting my sims go, so I don’t really have one. I usually play on the longest lifespan.

Alpha CC or Maxis Match?

Maxis Mix, but I lean towards Maxis Match.

Do you cheat your sims weight?

Nope.

Do you move objects?

Does anyone not? lol

Favorite Mod?

TS3: Nraas, and mods by lazyduchess.

TS4: MCC, & UI Cheats.

First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack?

I’m not sure. The first one I remember playing was The Sims House Party, and using the brightly colored dance floors!

Do you pronounce live mode like aLIVE or LIVing?

Both?? I’ve never knew which is “proper” so…

Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made?

I’m not sure for sims I have made, but I have several born in game sims I’ve gotten attached to, such as Melody from an old TS3 legacy, and Arya from my TS4 legacy.

Have you made a simself?

No. That would feel weird.

Which is your favorite EA hair color?

I’ll be honest, I’m not a huge fan of any of EAs hair colors, which is why I always download, or recolor hair.

Favorite EA hair?

I also don’t really have one.

Favorite life stage?

Probably Young Adult. I also really enjoy Child, and Teen in my legacies. :) I haven’t played with infants yet in TS4. 😆

Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay?

Both. I mainly build in TS4 though as I find it a lot easier than the previous games.

Are you a CC creator?

Mainly for TS3, but I have made things for TS2/TS4, I just don’t enjoy it as much.

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad?

I’m not really sure what a Sim Squad is, but I have made friends in the simblr community. :)

Do you have any sims merch?

No.

Do you have a Youtube for sims?

No. The idea of having to talk on mic/be on camera actives my fight or flight response.

How has your “Sims style” changed throughout your years of playing?

When I first realized there was cc back in my TS2 days (2006!), I downloaded more realistic style cc. I tend to stay away from that style these days. I do like some, but I’m a lot more picky!

Who’s your favorite CC creator?

It feels impossible to choose just one. I appreciate everyone who contributes to the community, whether it be cc, worlds, or “just” screenshots. But a few I download from are @sforzcc, @aroundthesims, @twinsimming, & @sim-songs! They are definitely not the only creators I use cc from, though!

How long have you had Simblr?

When did the LJ migration happen?? Pre-2013 at least. I’ve been inactive on and off over the years, though.

How do you edit your pictures?

Reshade, and Photoshop!

What expansion/gamepack is your favorite?

I like more than one so I can’t choose.

For TS3 I really enjoy Supernatural, Pets, Seasons, Generations, and Into The Future (Plumbots are the best).

For TS4 it’d be (I haven’t tried Growing Together yet) Seasons, Cottage Living, Cats & Dogs, Werewolves, Parenthood, Strangerville (I really love the world, and objects), Paranormal, & Basement Treasures.

Please don’t feel obligated, but I’ll tag: @aisquaredchoco, @puffkins2000, @twinsimming, @sim-songs, @jazzysimlife, @ilvansims3conversion, @aprilrainsimblr, @nectar-cellar, @tasteslikefridge, & @omedapixel

Just a quick upload. This is my camper base I use for my trailer areas on a 10x10 residential lot. You’ll need Madayas Caravan Set for it to show up like that. Package file only, just put it in your library folder.

Download here: SFS MF