#if online games are the issue you could just make it so that mods only work on offline play

[someonesomewheredown]

[Image ID: An edit of the "The World If" meme to say "the world if the Nintendo Switch had mod support". Beneath the text is a render of a futuristic society created by the user gelmi on foundry.com /End ID]

[filmbyjy]

MINESTREAM

SYPNOSIS > Wanting to start a new stream series with his best friends, Jay had a bright idea of playing some simple Minecraft with them. Everything was normal, until he realises there is another person in the call with them. He quickly learns that it was ni-ki’s older sister, (name). Watch how streaming a simple game of Minecraft can dig up some interesting feelings between the main leads.

EIGHT – asscrack

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a/n: the inspiration behind jake’s little world naming…that was the first word that popped into my head. don’t ask why. I’d like to know too.

finally after so long with multiple technical issues on jay’s end, the minecraft series could officially start. he could hear jake and ni-ki just chatting about the free online soccer game they found on steam. his eyes gazed the mute button right beside your username. the other boys had turned on their cameras in discord while you and angel(Yvette) didn’t.

he hasn’t once heard your voice. well, he could barely hear your voice since he shut ni-ki’s stream off earlier due to the boys attempting to catch something. he only heard your giggle once and that was it. nonetheless, in that short moment he thought you sounded adorable. his heart drumming in his chest, wondering how your voice would sound like.

he shook his head and clicked on the stream button. as per usual, he puts on a waiting screen to tell the viewers that ‘hey, we’re going to play soon. please wait.’

he unmutes in the discord, “hey, everything has been set up. I just wanna ask what should the server name be?”

“asscrack.” jake suggests as he looks up from his computer and directly into the camera.

“what?” heeseung speaks up as he was caught off guard by the weird name.

“I don’t know, don’t ask me. I’m shit at giving names to things.” jake shrugs. the other boys deadpanned at him.

“let’s name it…sunoo and the boys.” sunoo suggests.

“as if. just put the default ‘My World’ that’s the easiest. not a single hassle to the world.” jungwon adds.

“Alphas.” sunghoon voices out.

“uhh, have you forgotten there are two girls here?” ni-ki says.

“well, who cares about that. Women can be dominant too.” sunghoon shrugs.

jay sighs, “I’m just going to call it MineStream.”

“lame ass name.” jake says. jay turns on his camera on discord and zooms in the camera to his face. he gave jake a death stare and so jake awkwardly laughs it off.

“okay, you scare me. I’m sorry.” jake pouts.

as for you, the moment jay opened his facecam. your eyes widened, a tiny gasp left your throat. since no one could see/hear your reaction due to you being muted and your camera was turned off, you were basically in shock. that man is most beautiful man you’ve ever seen.

the way his eyebrow raises as the rectangle glasses suited his face. he was just in a simple black shirt and his jet black hair was parted prettily. good lord. you were going to play with him? you were going to play with all these pretty boys?? oh lord.

“okay, the world is loading so wanna do the intro when we all load into the world?” jay asks.

“yeah, we should. we have new guests here and we have to introduce the fans too!” sunghoon says.

“alright, I’ve already loaded in. I sent the world invite into the discord. by the way, there are mods that I added to make the game more interesting.” jay says.

“the only interesting thing we should try to do is do hardcore mode or like a ‘if one person dies, everyone dies’ kinda thing.” sunoo suggests.

“we could do that for another time.”

you had clicked on the link and waited to load into the world. since ni-ki helped to create your account, you could easily go in and of course he was your first friend in the game. you had finally clicked turned on the camera in discord and so everyone could see you. you weren’t exactly streaming but you were recording for a video since ni-ki suggested that putting up videos onto YouTube also generates money. once everything was settled, jungwon claps his hand and starts off with the intro.

“hello everyone, today we are-” ni-ki’s character punches jungwon’s as he was talking. “ni-ki!”

“whoops misclick.” ni-ki says. jungwon rolls his eyes.

“today we are playing minecraft! woo!!”

“the premise of how this started. jay hyung wanted to do a series together that was nostalgic and so we decided to go with minecraft because who doesn’t love minecraft!” sunoo says.

“besides our normal friend group, we have two other people on here! let’s welcome angel and (name)!”

“hello hello.” angel says. her little vtuber character moves and tracks her movement.

“woah, cool character, angel. it’s really pretty.” sunoo says.

“oh, thank you.” angel smiles. everyone’s attention was now on you.

“oh umm, hi. I’m (name). I’m ni-ki’s older sister.” you waved towards the camera. everyone was mesmerised (excluding heeseung and ni-ki), you were beautiful.

“good god.” jake says.

“you have a very sexy voice. would love to hear that all night-” sunghoon gets cut off.

“sunghoon hyung, i will find a way to ban you from this server.” ni-ki warns him.

you giggled and jay’s heart melts. god, he’s a simp but he can’t show that…his facecam was turned on. jay turns to read a couple of his comments. most of them were simping for you. kinda made him jealous, not going to lie. plus, it didn’t help that jay had this overlay thing where whoever talked, it would display the person’s facecam (if turned on) from discord to his livestream.

— “she’s so pretty.”

— “wow, she’s so…no wonder she’s ni-ki’s older sister. the family genes are so strong.”

“let’s just start playing. gather resources everyone.” jay says.

and so everyone does. each of them collected wood, from the trees. you sat there looking clueless and so jay comes up to you in game.

“something wrong?” he asks.

“oh, sorry. this is my first time playing minecraft so I have zero clue how to do things.”

“want me to guide you?”

“sure.”

jay happily guides you on how to play the game, from punching wood to making crafting benches and finally making tools. jay turns to read the comments for a bit,

— “woah, what is this visual couple going on?”

— “yoooo, they would look cute together! like wow.”

jay was satisfied by the comments. he can’t help but look at your facecam, your concentrated face as you mined for stone and attempted to make stone weapons.

“hyung!” jungwon whacks jay’s character. it causes him to turn around.

“did you have to hit me.” jay deadpans.

“whoops, anyways. ni-ki and sunoo found a cave. I don’t remember minecraft caves being fucking huge.”

“there was a huge update I believe 1-2 years ago so yes, huge cave.”

“they also found a mob spawner with saddles in the chest and jake hyung stole them to try and get horses.”

jay sighs, “can’t say I’m not surprised.”

“are you and (name) noona flirting?” jungwon suddenly asks. it causes you and jay and to look at each other in game before turning to jungwon.

“no? he’s just teaching me how to play minecraft.”

“yeah, she doesn’t know much about the game so what better way then to teach her?”

“don’t believe it one bit. next thing you know, we will have a couple in a minecraft server who share a house together, sleep together and have cats and dogs together.”

— “oooo, jungwon is onto something.”

“the comments are agreeing with me.” jungwon smirks.

“shut the fuck up, my friend.” jay shoos jungwon away. the younger boy runs off to find sunghoon, who wants currently getting chased by a creeper.

jay sticks by you throughout the whole thing, he gives you tips and even hands you some stuff.

“we are making a community.” heeseung says.

“and why?”

“because with 9 people on this server, all the resources are going to be sucked up. also I am not sharing a house with any of you. especially, (name). she’ll make the house with pink wood.”

“there’s pink wood?” you say.

“there is, you just need to find a cherry blossom biome.” jay explains.

“why are you helping her?” heeseung asks.

“because she doesn’t know how to play and I’m just being a gentleman since you guys aren’t helping her, clearly.”

jake bursts out laughing, “I’m sorry but this is the first time I see you being so gentlemanly to a woman.”

“do you want me to set myself into creative so I can blow up your shit dirt house.” jay threatens.

“go ahead, I feel like renovating it anyways. just let me move my stuff first-”

sunoo quietly hands jay some tnt and a flint and steel. before jake could even grabbing his things from the chest. jay covers his base with the tnt and ignites it. it hisses.

“(name), I suggest you run if you don’t wanna blow up.” jay warns.

“oh.” you quickly dashed out of the way and the explosion was massive. it causes sunghoon to yell.

“I had a pet dog in there…” jake says.

“too bad, mess with me again and I’ll burn your next house.” jay says.

jake definitely learnt his lesson of not teasing jay during this session.

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[ideahat-universe]

About that Roadmap...

So I think now is a good time to talk about what the future of Palworld should be. Yes, I'm aware of all the negatives that people have said about Palworld but I REALLY like the monster catcher genre, so I just want Palworld to be a better game rather than a game that has to be cancelled because it supposedly used AI or is an genuine example of plagiarism (which from the definition of the word is a semantic argument outside of literal theft).

I can't chastise people who are being short with Palworld too much because I was literally that kid that said Digimon was a knockoff of Pokemon.

I refused to watch it and argued with anyone about it. Once I actually watched the show I realized that it had nothing in common with Pokemon (no monster collection, real stakes, character development, and villains that are a real threat) and when years later Pokemon just so happen to discover the idea of Mega Evolution I was like "This is what we've come to huh? Will Pikachu be wearing jeans next?" but I really like Mega Evolution in Pokemon and play Romhacks specifically because they have Mega Evolutions in them so it's like, I don't really care who had the idea first, I care about how the idea is implemented.

So on that note, if the Palworld devs want to improve the game (after patching things up of course) the best course of action is to be more like Rimworld. Specifically Raids.

Raids are a really powerful narrative device in Rimworld. Sure Vanilla rimworld is dominated by the killbox strat but even with that, enemy raids can still erupt from the ground and drop from the sky and that's what Palworld needs.

Pathing is always going to be a bug bear and I imagine pathing patches and pathing mods will have to work together to make it really work but a good work around for raids that take place at hard to traverse areas would be drop ships.

Imagine the Syndicate driving their legally distinct LAAT, and in order to end the raid you have to destroy the ship but while the ship is there it's spawning enemy pals and humans with guns basically every 15 seconds and initially drops like a dozen of them on top of you.

What if a subterranean vehicle just bursts from the ground, destroying everything in its way and it has a big door and just a bunch of humans and pals (that can fit in the ship so small ones) just piled out and start attacking?

Raid Bosses are supposed to be a thing and I don't know how they will manifest that gameplay mechanic but it's important that raids can fuck your shit up. Might even be spicier if your pals could be killed or kidnapped in a raid that goes really bad.

Now the Palworld devs said they want to make PVP work and not have it fall apart like Rust and previous imitators have. I looked into Rust PVP, I reflected on the many years I've spent playing PVP games.

And I just have no idea. The only thing I can think of is "Make it like EVE online." Because EVE online has this limitless skill ceiling and is basically untouchable for new players but by the same token there are tools to enable newcomers to start playing the game without much issues and the community molded itself into safe and unsafe zones and raids are these really extensive affairs that involve dozens of people fighting for weeks on end. Form alliances, breaking them up, etc.

I don't know how to put that into Palworld other than make every place outside of the safe zone territory an area where you can build a base, but you can only personally build 4 bases. Other players have to build bases and you have to take those over but when you raid a lower level person's base your level is made equal to them.

And maybe, I dunno, once you start taking bases from other players the risk of your own base being raided by AI multiplies (in terms of frequency and power), and if any player claims your base afterwards in your absence (or as a result of your defeat) then they get the pals that were stationed for that base. So new players can get high level Pals by just waiting for AI raids to attack unattended or poorly defended bases.

And there's no fast travel so once you get really far away from your base you better learn some tech to help you get to a base fast if you want to actively defend it (There's like maybe a period of 30 seconds where the base is being converted where if you show up the conversion is paused in a battlefront sort of way).

The idea is that much with the main game, you are going to slip up. The AI is going to get lucky and someone is going to steal your progress and you can either sign a truce with them or you can get revenge. And that sort of repeats over and over again until everyone gets bored or one player somehow rules the entire map.

That's my idea. That's what I do here. If anyone makes use of this idea for anything, I don't need credit, I don't need money, Just send me a slice of Pepperoni Pizza and we'll be good.

[happy-lemon]

Get to Know Me - Sims Edition

I was tagged by @papermint-airplane, who you should follow if you're not already.

What’s your favorite Sims death?

I didn't think I had an answer for this because I don't usually kill my sims...and then I remember that the first story I posted on tumblr was a Black Widow Challenge. I think my perennial favorite is the old pool with no ladders trick, which got harder in Sims 3. But if you put cones and caution tape around the pool while someone is swimming... I mean, how did they miss those warning signs when they went swimming? *walks away whistling*

Alpha CC or MaxisMatch?

For Sims 3 I like Alpha hair, skin, makeup, skin details, etc, but I don't mind a lot of the EA clothes. With the right texture or pattern, some of those things can be really cute. And really...I guess it's the same for Sims 4.

Do you cheat your sims weight?

In Sims 3, no. In Sims 4, it's situational. I don't have an issue with overweight sims. I'm overweight myself. But it drove me bananas when Noa, an active sim who swims every single day for her job didn't lose the baby weight. So...sometimes?

Do you move objects?

Absolutely. It's the bane of my existence that you can't pick up and move sims in Sims 4.

Favorite Mod?

My favorites are all the toddler mods by @thesweetsimmer111.

First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack?

Livin' Large for Sims 1. I bought the first game for my kids and we just kept going from there. Now, I'm the only one who still plays. My first experience with the franchise goes back to playing Sim City on a Macintosh computer in college, so now you know I'm super old.

Do you pronounce live mode like aLIVE or LIVing

aLIVE

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

Okay, so if we count sims born in-game, then in Sims 3 it would clearly be Keahi Solomon. If that doesn't count, then I'd say Ciaran Delaney. For Sims 4, it would be Travis Stephenson.

Have you made a simself?

I don't think? If I did, it would have been in my Sims 2 era, but I don't remember doing so.

Which is your favorite EA hair color?

My favorite is almost always pale blonde, either Sims 3 or Sims 4. I rarely use it because I'm super aware that I could easily overuse it.

Favorite EA hair?

None of them in Sims 3. In Sims 4, I like the casual side braid.

Favorite life stage?

In Sims 3, it's toddler. All day, every day. Gimme those adorable toddlers! In Sims 4, the baaaaaaabies. OMG. The babies. I can't get enough.

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

I haven't gotten the hang of building in Sims 4 yet. Everyone says it's easier but I find it kind of daunting. I enjoy building in Sims 3, but I wouldn't consider myself a builder. Which is a long way to say... gameplay.

Are you a CC creator?

I'm not. I wish I had that skill.

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad?

I do have Simblr friends! At least I think we're friends? And I became friends with @papermint-airplane through the Sims 3 sub on Reddit.

Do you have any sims merch?

I don't, but I think my daughter might still have the plumbob flash drive somewhere in the depths of her closet.

Do you have a YouTube for sims?

Trust me, no one wants to see that.

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

Not a lot, really. I'm still a storyteller (I used to write Sims 2 stories on the TSR community forum) but I'm trying to get better at screenshots.

What’s your origin id?

It's not really worth sharing because I don't do anything online.

Who’s your favorite CC creator?

There are so many that I could make a list, but I tend to return to B5 Studio stuff time and time again. I have the entire Grant Park collection and if I make a house that doesn't have one of their doors, please make sure I haven't been kidnapped.

How long have you had simblr?

I think about a year and a half? I really only started it so I'd have a place to post screenshots that wouldn't get downvoted to hell, and I found a really fun community. Y'all are the best.

How do you edit your pictures?

I have zero photoshop skills so I just try to go for composition, angles, and lighting and hope for the best. Doesn't always work, but sometimes I get some bangers.

What expansion/ gamepack is your favorite?

Sims 3: University, because it has my beloved Jeffery Dean.

Sims 4: Growing Together, because baaaaaabies!

I'm tagging @nectar-cellar, @rebouks, @llamaheart, @erasabledinosaur, @getboolpropped, and @elderwisp. If you've already done it, this message will self-destruct in five second. And if you haven't been tagged yet and want to do it, consider yourself tagged by me.

[fireflowersims]

SimPAI, an initial review

So recently a new Sims 2 tool has emerged: SimPAI; or as it may be known to some: new online version of SimPE

So, I took a look at it, even recorded my initial reaction etc. I don't have the time irl to upload it unfortunately, that may come later, so here, have a lil text review:

Keep in mind that SimPAI is, at time of writing (June 1 2023), still a proof of concept. And it makes sense that a lot of things are rough around the edges or missing. This rough list of impressions is not exactly positive, and while it may take a while for it to get anywhere close to SimPE, I do think it could become a very useful program.

[View SimPAI on GitHub]

Initial impressions

The UI is very reminiscent of vanilla Sims 2. It fits in well with bodyshop, homecrafter and the game itself. Kudos for that

The CSS does need a lot of work though. Particularly in screen optimization. Dropdowns would, well, drop down off my screen and it's not very mobile-friendly.

Not all resources are supported yet. There are a few resource types that can be viewed and edited, just to name a few: BCON, BHAV, GLOB, #STR, TTAB, TTAS, OBJD. This means that the things you can do with this tool are currently limited quite a bit. You can't make objects or bodyshop content and even though mods are theoretically possible, at the moment it would be far too tedious for the average modder to even bother.

The editors:

TTAB

Starting off with the crowning jewel here, the TTAB editor is honestly better than SimPE. Having separate motive dropdowns for each age/pet instead of an awkward side-scroll with poor visibility is just Amazing. I love it. The only thing that would make this editor better, would be a copy button for motives. This thing is bae.

TTAS

There is a certain naming inconsistency here, the resource being called "TTAB Descriptions" if I recall correctly, instead of "Pie Menu Strings"). This is an easy fix

The TTAS editor shares a bit of an issue shared with #STR and Catalog Strings. I will elaborate later.

BCON (+BCON Strings)

Honestly, it's a good basic editor in both cases. It does what it's supposed to do and does it well. Not much to comment on tbh.

BHAV

Can't skip the BHAV editor as BHAV modder, no? Well, uhhh, to put it bluntly. It's not good at BHAV editing

UI issues make it difficult to see a lot of the elements. Another issue is that the node part of the UI is unbelievably tiny. You really can't see what's going on. You can't get a good view and for BHAV modding, you really do have to see what's going on.

The biggest issue plagueing the BHAV Editor, in my opinion, is that there are no wizards I could see. This is a major disadvantage and would require a modder to either have many Simswiki tabs or Expression type spreadsheets open to figure out which values to enter. This can get even worse when you want to use a Const.

One thing I do like, is that in the false/true target dropdowns, you can select the node you want it to go to and it even shows you the opcode of said code. SimPE take notes!

#STR/Catalog Description

Yeah I don't have all the resource names memorized.

Okay, this is not an issue that everyone would notice or find much of an issue, I think, and that would be that there is no good way to translate. Multilingual strings... I have no idea how to do it. You set individual strings to a language, but does that mean that that string number is then empty in all others? Does adding a string and changing its language set the number to 0? I have no idea! It is an issue that I see English, Finnish, Chinese etc strings all in one window. It's very inconvenient.

SimPE does multilingual strings by simply letting you select a language from a dropdown, you can usually view the default strings to the right of your language x strings. This makes translation a whole lot easier.

OBJD

There are some inconsistencies in terms of naming. Notably, there is "guid" and "Guid" and some inconsistencies in raw data 0x022 aka "sale price" aka "ignore quartertile (SimPE .75) this should be an easy fix

I don't think it can handle or even recognize build subcategories yet. Tbh, SimPE isn't always that good at it either.

GMDC/GMND/SHPE/CRES/TXMT/TXTR/MMAT

Aka all the stuff for objects

None of these resources can currently be edited. MMATs are not even recognised and show up as "unknown".

Exporting a gmdc does not yield a .5gd file, just a .gmnd resource. So you cannot use this program to extract a mesh.

To summarize

My review may sound overwhelmingly critical, but as stated before, it's new, it still has a long way to go.

Do I recommend it? No. Not at this moment. While you can make careers with it, I would personally still use SimPE for that.

The only situation in which I could recommend it, is for MAC users that would like to do some tiny edits. BCON tuning, changing catalog prices or description, tweaking autonomy. It's quite useable for that.

I do think SimPAI could become very useful in the future, so I am looking forward to seeing how it'll develop.

To the developers: kudos for making this! It shows great promise and I'm looking forward to future updates and support for more resource types!

[lingering-nomad]

Vent post

Went through a traumatic experience online in November. I've seen friends endure it, but I honestly didn't fully understand how much damage online bigotry could cause until I was the subject of it. I was targeted in an organized smear campaign, orchestrated by a popular member and former mod of a video game discord. Why? For befriending a gay man and shipping our ocs.

That's. It.

That was enough to get me (and him) singled out for surveillance and hate campaigns across multiple platforms.

Yes. I have receipts, but no one wants to read all that. And this is just a vent post anyway.

It got to the point of open, unprovoked hostility, which we reported. The mods would assure us they would act, but they're busy, they have lives, they can't get a call scheduled. Turns out, the delay was to allow them time to investigate the victims, because if they could find a reason, any reason, to shut up the whiny [insert slurs] their job would be so much easier.

Of course bigotry thrives in clusters, so you can't have h0mophobia without white supr3macy. I made the mistake of supporting a Native lesbian for calling out a damn egregious example of the white saviour trope seasoned with forced assimilation. Aaand that was all the mod team needed. They told them if they disclosed the DM, if they showed them what I said, they'd address the issue, they'd use it to better understand and deal with the racism.

I got the ban notice a week later.

But LN, why do you care if this place was such a shithole?

Because it turns out, I was not the only person banned that day. Turns out the mods posted a whole group chat where their bff was making UTTERLY FLASE accusations of criminality and planning a full-on mass reporting campaign against me and my friend. Why? For shipping our "evil ocs" with their "pixel vampire bf" and talking about being gay in the server's LGBTQ+ channel.

They posted the GC in the server for all to see, full of homophobia and bigotry and frothing, senseless hate, but they didn't post my message offering support to someone enduring racism in public. They did post my name, though. Along with the names of vocal bullies and bigots, but only after I was banned and couldn't voice my side. They didn't even do me the courtesy of giving me a heads-up that I was the target of a smear campaign they planned to publish. They didn't warn me they'd be posting my name to be judged for the words of racists and homophobes -- words aimed at me.

When this master plan was discovered, they allowed their good (white) friends a chance to respond. They were given chance after chance -- until they grew bold enough to include the mod team in their ridicule and that was the last straw. "We can excuse white supr3macy and h0mophobia, but we draw the line mocking the mods."

So I was ostracized and silenced and humiliated by so-called "allies" in retaliation for being the victim of harassment, which is nothing new. But what drove me to make this post, is one of them coming into my inbox 2 days before Christmas to "wish me well" and express their hope that I "don't feel resentful that they did what they had to."

I don't know which part they thought was necessary.

Deliberately failing to disclose why I was banned, so they can carry on ignoring their white supr3macy issue with impunity?

Breaking their own rules on ban procedure without so much as a parting flip of the bird?

Allowing their friend to have a final say, to defend the indefensible without showing me the same regard?

I don't know.

I never will, and I know these people will go on patting themselves on the back for their "allyship" while addressing prejudice by silencing the victims.

All I can say is, with allies like this we don't need enemies. And if you've read this far, maybe watch this video

https://youtu.be/w1vuhrFfEkE

[kindheart525]

Tag yourself! I’m Slowly Dying, Discord Server Mod, and Poor Little Neigh Neigh

[Image Description: Chibi-styled headshots of the Thirdverse cast with the following descriptions under them (character names indicated in parentheses, not part of image):

Homophobic Dog (Celestial Blessing)

Would rather drink a smoothie than go to therapy

“You have depression? Just cheer up”

Gives you a dirty look if you start crying

Constantly judging everyone

Slowly Dying (Bismuth Sun)

Full time student with a job, doesn’t even need it to survive

Three majors and five minors, considering another

Attends every single community event

Somehow has time for online discourse too

Quiet Quitter (Evergreen Blaze)

Does the bare minimum at work

Works with someone for 5 years and never learns their name

His favorite color is “personal information”

Avoids his coworkers at the grocery store

Influencer (Moonray Chill)

Goes on annual trips to Disney, thinks this is normal

Believed in Santa until she was 14

“If you’re homeless, just buy a house!”

No concept of money whatsoever

Common L (Lantern Glow)

Looks at themselves crying in the mirror when they have a breakdown

Has daddy issues or mommy issues if not both

Finds comfort in their childhood interests well past that age

Can’t find a therapist so they have several diaries

iPad Kid (Strawberry Breeze)

Bites people like a rabid dog

Life goal is to scream louder than Krakatoa

Picks her nose and wipes it on the wall

First word was fuck

Better Than You (Earth Day)

Always dresses in style

“I won’t have my son doing makeup like that, his eyeliner is all wrong”

Can convince you that you need something you had no interest in

Joins every single conversation just to be the center of attention

Nepo Baby (Princess Cut)

How much could one banana be? 10 dollars?

Thinks Kim Kardashian is a self-made millionaire

Saves money by cutting out avocado toast and Netflix

Also dad owns a business

Chihuahua In An Itchy Sweater (Sunny Sweet Dreams)

“It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me”

Takes even the slightest teasing personally

Selective in showing affection including to herself

Thinks being school project partners is "too intimate"

Dont Mine At Night (Laffy Taffy)

Curses at you in the Call of Duty lobby

Has a meltdown when the game lags

Fall Out Boy blaring in headphones 24/7

No sleep, bad grades, but defeating the final boss was worth it

Shallow (Galatea Candyheart)

Everyone wants to be her friend

Because she has the cool 24 pack of crayons with the sharpener on the back

She has to check her schedule to plan playdates…in preschool

Calls people she just met her best friend

Oh Worm? (Tiger Lily)

Says I love you to the cashier at McDonalds

Holds the door open for people who didn’t ask

Offers snacks and band-aids to everyone including strangers

Cries harder than you do when you scrape your knee

Discord Server Mod (Daisy Wasp)

The only one with conflict resolution skills

Stays up till 3am to moderate the group discussion

“No venting in the general chat”

Calls herself the friend group babysitter

Poor Little Neigh Neigh (Fairyfly)

Puts all the pressure on himself because his parents won’t do it

Complains about the stress he’s under as if it isn’t self-imposed

Thinks it makes him a better person

“Shut up I’m not short I just hit 4’11”

International Harvester (Blackberry Maple)

Posts travel pics at 12pm on a Tuesday

Accepts every single friend request on Facebook

Knows every stranger’s life story

You only ever see him at Thanksgiving dinner

Living Pinterest Board (Orchard Sunrise)

Does school notes about horrible tragedies in cursive with a pink highlighter

Every outfit is coordinated, even the work clothes

Spends hours in the bathroom doing her makeup

Asks you for help but nitpicks every step of the way

Useless Little Fuck (Fireside Jam)

Quotes distracting vines while his family does dangerous yardwork

Tries to carry the groceries inside but spills the whole bag

Offers to carry one (1) thing and hands it back to mom when it gets too heavy

Parents have to re-do all the chores he did badly

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[rainmustfallts4]

Simblr Ask Game by Amelie

Original Post Here

Yes I know it's an ask game but these are fun to answer lmao

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🌸 What's your earliest memory of playing the sims?

My earliest memory is playing Sims 3 and visiting the future. I know that’s not actually my earliest experience, but my memory is very bad and this is the earliest I can remember. I definitely remember going outside the city and collecting parts(?) to unlock some spaceship or underground bunker. I forget.

💫 How did you discover the sims franchise?

I honestly have no idea lol Maybe just seeing it in the store and it seemed fun?

🍇 What was your first sims game?

Again, poor memory here lol I think I may have started with the Sims 3 base game?

🍦 How long have you been playing the sims?

Many many years lol Pretty sure I’ve been playing since the Sims 3 came out at the very least. So… about 15 years?

🧋 What is your favorite sims series? (sims 3, 2 etc.)

Sims 4 c: I actually hated this game when it first came out because it was so different from 3. I remember saying I would never get into 4 and would never stop playing 3 yet here I am.

🤍 Do you have a favorite sim created by you?

I’m honestly terrible at creating sims so I don’t have many that I’m proud of or really like. I have to say, though, I adore Bryon Rainhawk <3

🧸 Favorite townie? (any sims game)

Kiyoshi, Caleb, Vlad, Night Wraith and Morgyn Ember are my favorites c: At least that I can think of right now~

🍨 Do you have a sim self? If yes, do you play with them?

Tiger Rain, the sim you see in my Super Sim challenge, is sort of like me. But again, I’m terrible at making sims and every time I asked if she looked like me, people always said no. Eventually, I gave up and just made her a mix of me and what I wish I looked like. And yes! As stated, she’s the main star of my Super Sim challenge and I often use her in other challenges/scenarios.

🫐 How often do you play the sims?

I try to play every day. However, I’ve got commitment issues! I’ll be obsessed with one thing for months, then that obsession will switch to something else. So, right now, I’m obsessed with the sims and that's all I’m doing. Eventually, I will move on to something else for a few months, then something else and eventually I’ll make it back to the sims lol

🌱 Do/Can you relate to any of your sims?

I’m pretty boring, honestly. Though I do tend to make them similar to me in some ways, they live far more interesting and better lives than I do, even through all the torture haha

🐬 Favorite sims challenge?

I’ve only finished one challenge as of the date I’m writing this. I’ve attempted many over the years, some a few times. I can’t really think of any that stand out above the rest. Maybe the Asylum challenge?

👜 What in-game career would you choose if you were a sim?

Writer and Paranormal Investigator!

🌷 Which traits would you have if you were a sim?

Creative, geek, loves outdoors, loner, socially awkward.

🍮 Favorite thing to do in the sims? (Could literally be anything!)

In the game itself? Hmm, that’s a tough one. I’m quite fond of collecting things and trying out small, forgotten features that I’ve never done before! There’s so much to do in this game with all the packs, most of it overlooked.

❄️ Favorite in-game season if you own The Sims 4 Seasons?

Fall/Autumn, 100%. There is nothing better than red and orange leaves floating on a chilly breeze. And don’t even get me started on Halloween!

❣️ Do you talk about the sims with any of your friends/family members in real life?

No :( Sadly I only have a few people to talk to about it. They’re online and I'm not technically friends with most of them so we don’t talk often. Mostly, I just scream my thoughts about the sims into the void or at my vice-cultleader Meg lol

✉️ How big is your mods folder?

Very small. I don’t mind mods, but I’m the type to prefer games as they were intended. I only use the MCCC mod, some eyes CC, a uniform CC and colorful berry skins CC. I have been thinking about adding a taco stand and a tennis court, though.

☘️ Do you have any other social media where you post sims related content?

I started posting my content on WordPress. I’m not really sure where else to post my stuff. I’ve asked around, but people usually just say tumblr.

📱 What made you want to start a simblr?

WordPress has a limit on images. Because I play so much and take so many screenshots, I have quickly arrived at nearly 60% media storage. I’ll have to pay to increase it, which I may do I don’t know yet, so I migrated to Tumblr. I have no plans of leaving but I would like to find another place where I can post my sims content (without having to pay extra.)

[symmage]

I’m not gonna lie, I’m a yo ho yo ho 🏴‍☠️ simmer, and it’s because EA doesn’t care about its client base. They don’t do real quality testing at this point from what I can tell and they don’t release price worthy gameplay content in favor of kits, and because they’re the only current life simulator, they can get away with it. It takes loads of CC/mods to bring the game up to what I feel the game could be in terms of standards, and when you can’t actually play the game offline reliably without having to go online even when you try to only play offline, can’t refuse to update without actually going into the files itself, and their updates regularly break mods and the game itself plus actual glitches get half-assed patched and then come back frequently, I’m not interested in giving them money at this point. I was almost feeling half-optimistic for this expansion based on early reviews from YouTubers and then this reminded me why I have no faith lmao. Remember when we got worlds like windenburg or even newcrest with tons of lots instead of worlds that have all of like twelve lots or less including things like gyms and bars? And prebuilds look like they spent five minutes slapping the bare minimum in? It feels like a slap in the face for the low effort versus the cost they charge and I can’t justify that.

I definitely relate. I've gone back in forth giving my game a break and it's so funny because I would get excited when a new pack is announced and I'd ramble on to my daughter, who is also a simmer, about the stuff coming bc im legit happy, but at the same time I'm like...WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD THIS! 🤣 then I'm complaining about what it's lacking afterwards. I seriously went on a whole rant to her about Windenburg being the only pack we've gotten with 27 lots, and it's been downhill for packs ever since and that im more excited for base game updates over new packs, so it's truly a love-hate relationship indeed on my end with the game. With all of the issues going on, I do come back to it and have a degree of fun, thanks to mods of course, but, there are so many avenues of improvement that this game needs to go down to make it shine. Gameplay should be the priority.

I honestly dont want a new world with the next EP, bc IMO it feels like the new world just ticks the EP checklist box. They're beautiful, yes, but so empty, and I hate that. If there were the possibility for worlds that we already have to be expanded upon by adding new lots or new neighborhood sections, then hell, I'd take that over new ones. Make some world kits or something if they want to upsell like what sims 3 did; purchase the world if you want it or even better...let new worlds be base game updates and focus on beefing up the EPs with gameplay that expands everything and making it worth the $40+ price tag. Those options sound a bit out there, but I beg for substantial gameplay to take a center focus in these packs.

[corvincaws]

Granblue's Relink Started Off So Well (For About 2 Months)

When Cygames released their latest variant of Granblue Fantasy, Relink, back in February, it rode in on a wave of hype. From sponsoring a seemingly incessant number of (usually gacha) streamers to play their game live, to heavy advertisements placed all over YouTube and other social media sites, it looked like the game had the possibility to penetrate a ridiculously difficult market to sustain itself in.

On release day, Relink hit a peak of over 100,000 players online on Steam. Five months later, and it’s barely scraping a few thousand.

The unfortunate part of this is that Relink is genuinely a good game. The story is rather encapsulating, and the character design is very good. (The character art is gorgeous). Not only that, but it was topped with good humour and enough stupid puns from Rackam to make the (game) world go round.

But when stories end, players look for other things to do in game. Thankfully, Relink had a multiplayer matchmaking element. In the opening month, this element could have you clear certain stages about ten minutes less than what you could by yourself and your AI allies.

Many stages, in fact, needed matchmaking. Take one case where you are required to collect 150 coins in 4 minutes riding sand dunes. This was eased up hugely by actual humans collecting coins. When playing offline, quite often it didn’t seem like it was coins that the AI characters were looking for. (In a few circumstances I would catch AI just riding on sand, seemingly just enjoying the surfing).

Now with just 2,000 players regularly online (on Steam) at a time, you would struggle to create or find players online to play with unless you were to join a specific Discord server.

Not only this, but matchmaking is geo-locked. An almost guaranteed fatal flaw that, eventually, will nail the final blow to Relink’s genuinely fun matchmaking experience. Some have mitigated this by changing their server locations to Japan, and others have developed mods for it. However, in reality, most users will likely not think - or be bothered - to do either of these things.

Now I completely understand that Relink is by absolutely no means Cygames cash-cow when it comes to the Granblue franchise - that’d be their mobile game, which has raked in billions of yen for the company. Relink, unlike it's mobile counterpart, is just a one off purchase with additional store content such as character skins, character expansion packs, and weapon upgrades. My issue is that this purchase is $60 (or if you buy the Legendary edition, $80). Reasonable price if, like other games in a similar vein, such as Monster Hunter, you had a solid matchmaking and an online process with people actually playing, or had more frequent updates regarding gameplay and endgame content. But it doesn’t. It almost feels like Cygames released Relink, cashed in on a bit of hype, and just - well - left it alone.

This is a real shame, as I said - I found the story rather fun and the initial matchmaking really enjoyable. But had I bought the game now (there has been zero price depreciation since release), I couldn’t help but feel like I’d be a little ripped off.

Relink is gorgeous, it fits fantastically into the Granblue world, and the design of the game is seriously beautiful. But Cygames has let it down with its sheer lack of endgame content. The game really had the potential (I think it still does, if I’m honest). But what Cygames over the next few months to Relink is key - any update for all we know could be Relink’s last.

[roboromantic]

had a Really bad bout of "oh gd the future's hopeless I'm never gonna be able to live the life I want" yesterday

probably just bc I was Hella stressed, but it was the push I needed to Actually go ahead and drop by Wake Tech to see about that Simulation and Game Development degree (aka The One With 3d Modeling and Animation) or certificate programs.

turns out the certificate programs are not eligible for financial aid; I'd have to go with the associates. I apparently can't meet with an actual courses advisor unless I get admitted (so basically, if I apply). Applying is free beyond sending them my UNCA transcript, and there's no obligation to sign up for classes I guess? that's what the admissions advisor seemed to be saying.

Wake Tech is pretty darn cheap to begin with and I'm fairly sure I can get it covered by financial aid anyway so......I think I may go ahead and see if maybe I can go for that associates beginning in spring or if they'd make me retake all the gen-ed courses. in which case lol nope. The admissions advisor seemed optimistic about the gen-ed stuff transferring and/or still being valid after nearly a decade, so maybe I CAN just focus on the important stuff

I'm hoping that I can take all or most of my classes online to save on gas costs/driving time; too much driving time on top of classes would probably be a pain even with my job's very flexible hours. If I can get all or mostly T/Th and/or night courses though that'd be less of an issue

oh I'd also like to try and take courses throughout the whole year to speed things up a bit lmao. gimme all the summer classes.

they DO offer uuuhhh what's it called. work-based learning. which is not guaranteed to pay you (boooo) but I think would still be a good thing to try out just so I can get some experience + (more) connections in the industry maybe?

I mean I don't want to work EXCLUSIVELY on video games, but they don't seem to have any other animation-related options so. I mean I'm definitely still very interested I just wish there were a few more options 😔

I'm hoping I won't have to write any damn essays in these classes but I'm sure there's gonna be some. hopefully with adhd meds it'll be tolerable

The one thing that's kind of holding me back is that because the degree is "Simulation and Game Development" there's not really a strong focus on the 3d modeling & animation that'd I'd kinda wanted. I guess I might could just take the classes that interest me, but that definitely wouldn't be covered by financial aid. It's probably for the best to learn all that stuff though, I have also wanted to learn some programming stuff anyways (mostly to make Minecraft mods lol but I don't know that they'll go into Java.)

I was also considering online schools/courses, which would be guaranteed to be online-only and MUCH more focused on the stuff I want, but those don't really Do financial aid and maybe this is a Boomer take but I'm still kinda leery about the credentials of online schools. Not so much Animation Mentor or Animschool, though I feel like an Actual AA from a Real College™ still carries more weight if that makes sense, but stuff like Udemy courses seem to just kinda be Whatever.

I think maybe I should just go with the AA at Wake Tech and get the basics down. maybe by the time I've finished that I can move on to something like Animschool; L-rd knows I ain't goin back for another BA though lmao

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[thatluckybear]

What kinda gamer is ThatLuckyBear?

This is a long post. So I'm into video games maybe a bit too much. Here's what I like:

Tetris + Dr. Mario (puzzle games): Core to my gaming spirit. I like to do speedruns of 0-21 on Dr. Mario 64 and I've been known to play 0-20 on Dr. Mario for the NES as well. I loved Tetris since NES but fell back in love with Tetris DS and now I mostly just do sprints on tetr.io. I'm also a 8 chain Puyo-Puyo scrub and I like the game but lack the energy to get better at it. Since this is kind of in the vein of puzzle solving the Ace Attorney games as well as oldschool Point and Click adventure games are wonderful for me as well.

Soulslike: These are all fun. I haven't played most of them though. Dark Souls 1 and Bloodborne are my favs and I've put a lot of time into Elden Ring but Miquella shut down my run and I haven't had time to grind it out. I'll finish it eventually though.

Metroidvania: Huge fan of the genre. Hollowknight is my favorite at time of writing but Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow is an ultra banger and I would have a hard time not mentioning it. I've played all the DS Castlevanias and I love them all.

Schlooters: Looting and shooting is fun. I play coop with my wife and we really enjoy Borderlands. We also had a good time with Outriders. Destiny 2 has been kinda tough to get into but we're trying to get a feel for it before investing any money.

MMORPGS: I've been doing these since 2003 if you can believe it. I was playing Ragnarok Online pre-beta by sneaking onto jRO. I really hit the road running with the iRO beta. Since then I've put a lot of love into Tera Online (Elin berserker just tickles my "hehe" bone, I had a popo too but Elin was the best imo) - I enjoyed FFXIV (Lala paladin) but it's too expensive for me to keep up with the monthly. I really wanna finish FFXIV's story someday. Phantasy Star Online, and Dungeon Fighter Online get a honorable mention but I really haven't had a chance to be in love with them since my MMO muscles are weak and my gaming time short in my age.

RPGS: Classic and modern I'm a big fan of RPGS. I've fallen in love with Dragon Quest recently although it was one of the first RPGS I played (Dragon Warrior NES.) I remember looking through Nintendo Power Magazine and looking at the illustrations and descriptions of the weapons and just getting SO JAZZED. Anyway Super Mario RPG is the best RPG of all time followed by Pokemon Blue/Red would be my call. I love modern Pokemon games but I haven't spent much time with others.

Action RPG: Monster Hunter, Yakuza (love but never played much,) Cyberpunk 2077, Resident Evil (2/4/7) and so many more. I'm a hunting horn main and I am head over heels for Monster Hunter and will always love it.

Competitive: I like to compete but I don't do it much because I have /emotional issues/ and I can't keep my lid on proper. That said I really have a great time playing Smash Ultimate (not a Melee guy sorry it's too hard for me) Street Fighter, Tekken, Granblue VS, and Smash are kind of the only ones I like playing these days. While I used to do a lot of FPS competitives I'm boycotting Actiblizzard so no COD or Overwatch til they remove Bobby Kotick. Valorant is too hard and time consuming but I love it (I'm bad at it sadly.) I might play Fortnite someday but idk if I'll get into it.

the COMF: I love some comfy games. Some of the above fit that category for me (Pokemon Red/Blue to be specific) but Stardew, Animal Crossing, anything Wholesome games, Minecraft, Stray etc. Anything that can make me sleepy usually fits me well.

Platformers: I get into some 3d mario games. I especially enjoyed Odyssey. I kind of get most of my platforming jazz out of the metroidvania stuff but I couldn't get through this without mentioning how much the 3d (and 2d for that matter) mario games matter to me.

There's obviously millions more games that I forgot and couldn't touch on. Day of Defeat was a formative competitive shooter experience as well as all the other HL1 mods I played. I could go on forever but I hope this helps you understand what kind of gamer I am. While I'm pretty eclectic in taste I'm also pretty formulated. These days I spend most of my time trying to find coop experiences to have with my wife so lmk if you've got some cool ones I should look into. 🧡

[mainspets]

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Neurodivergency and Desi Culture: Appropriate forms of Accomodation for Holi

@honeydewsapphic said:

Hello! I'm writing a story about an interracial neurodiverse couple who live in the United States. One of the main characters is half Indian and has a very close relationship with her family in Dubai and usually visits her family for big holidays. I thought a cute arc to have in the story would be the Indian MC taking her partner to visit her family and celebrate Holi. The other MC is autistic with sensory issues with sounds and touch, so I wanted to have the arc play out where the Indian MC's family hosts a backyard Holi celebration so the autistic MC can participate comfortably. I've read online that smaller Holi celebrations are done and that there are phrases elders say to let others know it's okay to hit them with colors, so I thought it would be plausible. However, I want to make sure this comes off as a mutual romantic gesture between the two MCs of sharing culture rather than a watering down of Holi. Does this storyline come off as a sweet and thoughtful gesture between the two MCs? Would it work better if I used a different/less culturally significant holiday? Thank you so much!

Important Note: All mods replying to this are ND

Something Sounds Off

There are no such “phrases” to say “hit/don’t hit me with colours” - if you are in the colour throwing area, then you are fair game (take it from someone who got the Indian Student Association in trouble for ruining a girl’s hair after she accidentally wandered into the area). What would be more plausible is for the MC to watch from a safe distance, smearing powder on her face, and eating snacks with the other people who don’t want to participate in the powder throwing. You could also add a conversation between the two MCs where one explains exactly what will happen and the meaning behind Holi. Other accommodations could include providing ear plugs and ensuring there’s sensory safe food. Even the MC choosing not to attend and the other MC bringing them some food, maybe smearing a little powder on their face, would work. 

Without knowing the extent of the changes, this comes across as an entitled white person demanding South Asian people change their holiday observance for their own comfort - are we talking about lowering the stereo or cancelling the fireworks altogether when the rest of the family loves them? This is something to avoid in both the actual changes and the phrasing of the requests.

- SK

Speaking as someone who is neurodiverse and has celebrated Holi with people who have sound and touch sensitivity, I would say that the environment is generally welcoming and made to be comfortable and fun. I agree with SK that it would be more plausible for the MC to be at a safe distance, eating snacks with powder on their face. That said, the people I know have had little to no problems participating in general because they were in their element. If stressors were present, they would step out for a little bit, we’d figure out what the problem was, work out an accommodation for them, and they’d come right back in. We never fully changed a celebration just for one person, just made it easier for them to be included of their own volition. If the MC is demanding a full change to regular observance just because they think they might be uncomfortable, then that reads a bit sketchy to me. We have new people every year and the expectation is generally of mutual respect and adaptation to cultural customs.

Also, based on my experience, a backyard Holi celebration can be just as rowdy and exciting as one on the streets; the only difference is who you’re playing with. I’ve had some Holi celebrations at my local temple where there were children with color in water guns, and everyone there was playing. I’ve also been to some Holi celebrations at people’s houses where there were people inside eating and chatting quietly while there was pandemonium outside. 

If you really want to target the romantic angle, I would use the story of Krishna and Radha, and how he crushes a flower and puts the color on her cheek to make her feel happier and ‘give her his color’. You could have a small, intimate moment where the MCs do this and the story is given to both give a little more background on Holi and to give the scene a little more context. 

~ Abhaya

I’m going to join the “ND Desi” chorus and agree with SK and Abhaya. Abhaya’s last suggestion in particular is both romantic and culturally appropriate. Otherwise, the proposed story sounds like way too much bending-over-backwards-to-make-the-white-person-comfy. My desi side has lots of ADHD and anxiety. We would not ask nor expect the above of our family if introducing a non-desi partner. What I think white ND folks heavily entrenched in The Internet Discourse on ND Issues forget is that ND interactions with the environment will vary depending on culture, because what we perceive to be stressful depends on what is the norm for us.

- Marika.

Collectivism and ND Coping Skills

Even in situations where the stimuli is both stressful and culturally relevant, one must remember that many Asian cultures, including S. Asian cultures, are collectivist. That means that there’s an expectation that accommodations for the individual will be made when reasonably non-disruptive to the preferences of the group. If the individual’s needs fall outside what the group can accommodate, the expectation is the individual will come up with their own coping mechanisms. Efforts to push the individual’s needs ahead of the group often have negative consequences (Leaving aside whether this interpretation is right or wrong). 

Example

I could not tolerate Hindu temples as a child. The sounds and smells were too intense for me. However, I had very, very religious relatives who dragged me to morning prayers at the local temple. I didn’t like it, nor did I enjoy it, to the extent that I dreaded summer stays in India until I was 15. However, my mother was adamant in making my attendance mandatory because she saw it as necessary for me to show my family I valued my culture. A Western parent may have said that I would have been better served by not being forced, but giving in to my comfort and having less anxieties about going to India would have come at the cost of my family feeling like I was an American stranger. Thankfully, circumnavigational prayer is a thing in Hinduism, so when I could no longer tolerate it, I would walk around and around the main part of the temple chanting my prayers until my grandmother finished up. I think my reward was usually fruit or Bournvita. 

Collectivism: Give and Take

This is the other important part of collectivism: The exception yields to the group on what is important to the group, but ideally, the group rewards the exception for agreeing to participate in something the exception would have preferred to avoid. This give-and-take is vital to strengthening community ties. Western internet ND culture has a tendency to prize constant accommodation, rather than considering the ways in which coping and the interplay between the individual and their community can facilitate more beneficial interactions for all parties. 

Resist the Notion of One-Size-Fits-All

SK and Abhaya have provided you with some good, ND-inclusive examples of Holi participation that don’t exempt the white MC and refrain from diluting the revelries in an inauthentic way (Because, honestly, if one has sound and touch sensitivity, the majority of Indian holidays for many religions can be all Loud and Overwhelming). However, I would like to encourage you to think even further about the tensions that would inevitably emerge between the two characters as they realize that being ND means different things in different places without a clear wrong or right solution. 

Disability activists often note that universal accommodations do not exist for all disabilities. I believe the same holds true even for two people with the same ND condition from two different cultures. What may seem reasonable for an ND individual in the United States may not be reasonable or even desired for an ND individual in another culture. Of course, there are benefits as well. Conceptions of time and community obligation differ in many traditional S. Asian cultures. Expectations of communication and career may similarly benefit certain ND conditions in ways that wouldn’t apply in the US. Finally, even in instances of poverty and scarcity, making ND relatives feel valued and included is expected in many social circles. Institutionalizing relatives who can’t support themselves is heavily frowned upon, and families with resources will often allocate funds to help even distant relatives. 

Dubai?

A final point: it seemed odd to me that this Holi celebration is taking place in Dubai, which is in the United Arab Emirates. UAE does have a large desi diaspora. It is also a country governed by Islamic law. Holi is a Hindu/ Sikh/ Jain polytheistic holiday. I’ve never lived in Dubai, but even I wear a hijab when traveling through and avoid wearing visible religious symbols. 

Desis living in Dubai: Sound off in the comments. How realistic is a private, outdoor family Holi celebration in Dubai?

ND Desis: what sort of accommodations have been made to holiday celebrations that you appreciated? How do you navigate sensory sensitivities and asking for accommodations from your family?

- Marika.

P.S.- Reminder all mods replying are ND people of colour

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Sims 3 Performance Guide

Lately I have found the direction of The Sims 4 to be rather lackluster.  Let’s face it.  The game is boring.  Still looking for that “Sims Fix” I found myself going back to playing The Sims 3.  The Sims 3 can be tricky to get running correctly on modern computers so I figured I would share what I learned over the years.  I made this guide a few years ago for another forum so I’m always open to new suggestions/edits etc.  Some things may work well for others while some may not make a difference at all.  I have applied all of these fixes in my own game and I still experience lag so this is by no means a guide to completely eliminate the lag in the game but a guide to perhaps help your game run a little bit smoother.  All of these tips have been gathered from all over the internet and also some things I have picked up on my own over the years.  I own a legit copy of the Sims 3 and have never owned a pirated version so I can't say whether or not these settings will work with a pirated version of the game.  I also only have a PC so I don't know if any of these settings will effect the Mac version of the game.  If anything I hope this guide brings people back to The Sims 3 or allows people to give the game another chance.  The guide will be pretty extensive and I take no responsibility if you mess up your game  :P

Limit Game FPS - This one has been a godsend.  I was experiencing major lag especially in build/Buy mode.  My computer is way over spec for this game much like most computers today.  What would happen is that while in Build/Buy Mode my FPS would spike into the 200's!  During these spikes the game would almost be un-playable.

To fix this issue:

Download this file:  https://rd.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/34]https://rd.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/34

 I know it says it's for Skyrim but it will also work for The Sims 3.  After downloading it unzip the antilag.cfg and d3d9.dll into  X: > Program Files (x86) > Origin Games > The Sims 3 > Game > Bin if using Origin.   If you have the steam version of the game use :   X: > Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > The Sims 3 > Game > Bin .  By default it is set to limit the game to 30FPS.  I have been using this and it works fine.  You can change it to 60FPS if you want by opening the antilag.cfg using notepad.  I haven't had a chance to test the game at 60FPS but its not like The Sims 3 is a First person shooter or anything so IMO its probably not necessary.  Run the game and your FPS should be capped at 30.  

Alternately you can try turning on Vsync in either Nvidia Control Panel or AMD Catalyst software however I wasn't able to get it working.  I'm using a Geforce 1080 and the latest Nvidia drivers.  When I turned it on in the control panel it did nothing in the game.

After installing this fix I no longer experience massive lag spikes while in Build/Buy Mode the whole game also seems to be running a little bit smoother as well.  Unfortunately there isn't much we can do about EA's terrible coding of the game so there will still be lag but this one has helped my game more then any of the other fixes as of yet.

**It also must be noted that FPS fix uses the same file as Reshade, d3d9.dll.  I haven’t tested if this works using the d3d9.dll file from Reshade but I can assume it probably doesn’t.  I do however believe there is a frame limiter built into reshade which should accomplish this same thing as this mod.

In Game Settings

1. Graphics

Resolution - You should always play at the native resolution for your monitor.  Most monitors today use a native resolution of 1680x1050 or 1920x1080.  If your game is struggling at this resolution you should always lower the graphics settings not the resolution.

Windowed? or Fullscreen? - This one is something that you will have to test.  Some people say that the game runs better for them in Fullscreen and some say it runs better in Windowed Mode.  My personal game runs better in Windowed Mode.

Object Hiding -  Enabling this can help to increase performance especially if you have a large house.  Essentially what this does is that the game renders every object on the lot you are in even if you aren't on that floor.  So if you are playing on the first floor the game is using resources to render the items on the second/third floor etc.

Reflection Quality - Setting it to Mirrors and Water will work well for most people but adjusting this lower can offer a slight performance increase.

Edge Smoothing - I personally have not noticed much of a difference in performance adjusting this setting but this is the Anti Aliasing settings for the game.  Try lowering it and see if it makes a difference in your game.

Visual Effects - According to the game "Controls the quality of particle effects on objects, Sims, and the town"   Medium would be the recommended setting for Visual effects.  It offers a happy medium between performance and visual quality.

Lighting and Shadows - Adjusts the shadow quality in the game.  I run this on high in my game as there isn't a noticeable difference in performance between medium and high settings.  Turning it to low will give a slight boost in performance but the shadows will be ugly.

Tree Detail - Keep this setting on high as there really is no difference in performance between settings.  All you end up with are some ugly trees and no real boost in performance.

Enable Animation Smoothing & Enable Advanced Rendering - Both of these items should always be checked.  Enable Animation smoothing makes no difference in performance and Turning off Enable Advanced Rendering can actually decrease performance.

Draw Distance - Keep this on high as it does not effect performance.

High Detailed Lots - With this turned up all the way I noticed a fair bit of stuttering in my game.  I have mine set to 4 lots but this is a setting that should be tested to see what works for you.

Texture Detail and Sim Detail - Most computers should be able to handle both of these settings maxed for a small boost in performance you can lower the texture detail to medium.  Sim Detail should always be set at Very High as lower this setting has only a very small boost in performance that probably wouldn't even be noticeable.

2. General Settings

Enable Shop Mode - This will disable the Sims 3 Shop from In-Game.  Turning this off can help with stuttering.

Enable Lessons - Turning this off can possibly help with performance.  I haven't noticed a difference but at this point we all know how to play The Sims.

Memories - Disabling Memories can offer a boost to performance and reduce in game stuttering.

**Alternately you can try using this mod if you don’t want to completely disable the memory system in The Sims 3

No (or fewer) automatic memories by velocitygrass on Mod The Sims

https://modthesims.info/d/446281

Enable Interactive Loading Screens - Turning this off has been said to reduce some in game stuttering.  Besides nobody wants to play that stupid game anyway.

3. Online

Keep Me Logged In & Enable Online Notifications - Turning off both of these settings will help game performance and reduce stuttering.

4. Advanced Demographics Options

Enable Story Progression - Turning this off will reduce stuttering in the game.  If you like this setting you can use the NRASS Story Progression explained further in this guide.

Advanced Settings

I will try to guide as best as I can with these but always MAKE BACKUPS of every file modified in this section.

In order to make this process easier be sure that "Hide extensions for known file types" is unchecked in the Windows Folder Options.  In Windows 10   Click on View > Options > Change folder and search options.  Switch to the view tab and under Files and Folders uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"

Edit GraphicsRules.sgr - This setting will help the game run smoother and make for faster clothing changes.

1. Got to X:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin

2. Copy the GraphicsRules.sgr file and back it up in either in a safe location or even in the same directory just name it GraphicsRules.sgr.orig.  Click yes when prompted with the rename.

3.  Now Open GraphicsRules.sgr with notepad (not the copied version)

4.  You will see four lines that look like this: seti cpuLevelUber 4

seti cpuLevelHigh 3

seti cpuLevelMedium 2

seti cpuLevelLow 1

5. Change the four lines to this: seti cpuLevelUber 4

seti cpuLevelHigh 3

seti cpuLevelMedium 3

seti cpuLevelLow 3

6. Save in Notepad and close Notepad.

Edit Sims3.ini - This is how you force the game to use more then 2GB of RAM.  I noticed a massive improvement in both CAS and Build/Buy mode with this.  Clothing,Objects etc load almost instantly when this is changed.  The Origin version of the game has already been patched to use 4GB of RAM  however adjusting this value to reflect your systems total ram amount if above 4GB can be beneficial.  If you currently have 4GB total of RAM and are using the Origin version of the game you can skip this step.  It’s questionable whether or not this makes a difference in the game as The Sims 3 is a 32 bit game that only uses 4GB to begin with but it seems to actually make a difference in my own game.

1. Go to X:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin (same as GraphicsRules.sgr)

2. Backup the Sims3.ini in the same method as the GraphicsRules.sgr

3. Open Sims3.ini in Notepad

4. Under [ResourceSystem] you will see this:

MemoryUsageLimit = 20000000 (  10000000 for legacy/disc versions)

5.  Ignoring the zeros this is showing that the Sims 3 is only using 4GB of ram (2gb for Legacy/Disc versions of the game).  Depending on the amount of ram in your system you should change it to half of your total amount of ram. Examples:

8GB Total Ram  MemoryUsageLimit = 40000000

16GB Total Ram MemoryUsageLimit = 80000000

32GB Total Ram MemoryUsageLimit = 16000000

**Be Sure to only change the first number not any zeros.  For 32GB+ its the first 2 numbers.  Putting this too high could cause your system lock up or crash and possibly do damage**

Modding

First go here and follow the instructions on this page to set up your Mods folder: https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=9187.0

1.  Must Have Mods - Even if you don't plan on putting any CC in your game these Mod is highly recommended if not needed in order to keep the game running Smoothly.

NRAAS Master Controller - 

https://www.nraas.net/community/MasterController

This mod is a must have.  It fixes many of the errors in the game and helps immensely with game lag and stuttering.

Under Modules Download: (Not Required but useful)

MasterController Cheats - Adds "cheaty" functions to Master Controller.

MasterController Expanded Tatttoo - Expands the number of locations provided in Tattoo CAS

MasterController Progression - This mod adds progression related interactions to the "Master Controller" menu.   Addition to Story Progression (below)

MasterController Integration -  (Must have if you install a lot of sliders)  This mod replaces all the CAS interactions in the game with the one managed by MasterController, including the "Create-A-Sim" button in "Edit Town".

Now go to this Page and download these other “Must Have Mods” by NRAAS

https://www.nraas.net/community/Mods-List

Overwatch - (Important) Contains error correction and periodic game maintenance/clean up to reduce issues and improve game longevity.

Error Trap - (Important) Core-Mod that performs save-game corruption cleanup, while catching and reporting unhandled script errors.

Traffic- (Important) Controls autonomous vehicular traffic such as the Food/Ice Cream Trucks, and provides some minor vehicle routing settings.

Saver - (Important) Adds autosave function to the game.

Register -  (Important) Replaces the EA Role Manager with a custom version that corrects several bugs and allows for greater flexibility.

Other Useful Mods at NRAAS (Optional) Same page as above:

Story Progression - Basically a less buggy, less performance heavy replacement for the EA story progression in the game.  Be sure to tick off “Story Progression” in the In Game options as stated above.  (Install all the optional modules as well)

Decensor - We all know what this does

Dresser - Adds automated outfit control for inactive sims, adding accessories, and restricting CAS parts.

WooHooer - Alters the romance and woohoo interactions, provides greater flexibility and attraction scoring.

Retuner - Provides fine tuning of many settings in game like autonomous settings, pricing etc.  This one can seem daunting at first but there are plenty of Returner settings to be found out there and its really isn’t that difficult to change the settings in game albeit time consuming. 

Be sure to look over the other mods if you see something you like download it.  Any of these mods should be safe to add to your game with little to no performance impact.

After that extract the files you just downloaded into \Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages\Overrides If you don't have an Overrides folder create one.  The “Overrides Folder”  is essentially a priority folder.  Mods put into this folder will be loaded before any other package files you may add to the game.

In-Game NRASS Settings 

These are just some settings to change to improve game stability.  This is by far not comprehensive.  For Retuner settings I would suggest a Google search of other users settings or consulting the NRASS help section for explanations of how to use this mod.

Click on the Town Hall in Map View Under NRASS

Traffic

Ice Cream Truck - I hate that creepy Ice cream truck so I change everything to false and set Max Ice Cream Trucks to 0.  If you like having it around still change the Max Ice Cream Trucks to 1

Routing

Allow Performance Career Limos - False (Limos create a lot of lag in the game)

Allow Use of Cars During General Routing - True (if disabled your sims will only use cars when you tell them to)

Always Use Taxis for Inactives Lacking Vehicles - False (Townies will no longer use Taxis)

Register

Allow Immigration - False (Random Townies wont move into your town keeping the population down and helping to keep performance from decreasing as sims move in.

Animal Control - Change the settings below for a performance boost

Maximum Deer - 2

Maximum Raccoon - 2

Maximum Stray Cats - 3

Maximum Stray Dogs - 3

Maximum Unicorns - 0  (Sorry Wild Horses and Unicorns add a good deal of lag to the game)

Maximum Horses - 0

Custom Content (CC)

Much like any other Sims game moderation is key.  The more CC you download and put in you game the slower your game will perform.  I'm not going to go into detail about how to install CC in The Sims 3 in this guide.  These are just a few important tips to take into account when installing CC,

Try to install Sims3Pack files as much as you can.  Sims 3 automatically merges these files and this leads to better game stability.

Merge you package files. Girl Meets Pixels made a great guide here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIZ2LdoT-HY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIZ2LdoT-HY

Keep an eye on the size of your Sims 3 Folder in /Documents.  It may seem crazy to imagine but massive CC shopping sprees can lead to a massive folder to the tune of 30GB+.  Skins and Hairs are a killer.  These files are usually rather large sometimes in excess of 80 - 100mb.  My suggestion would be to find a default skin you like and just use that.  Don’t install any non default skins.  Also go easy on the hair.  You don’t need 20 different variations of the same ponytail in the game.  Clothing is usually fine but pay attention to the size of the CC.  That cute dress you found on Tumblr that’s 65mb more then likely has way too high of a poly count and will just lag and be slow to render in the game.  Sure it looks great in screenshots but it wont be practical in game.  I’m not sure of the exact cut-off for CC but eventually the folder gets too large for the game to handle and it will lead to issues like save corruption or in some cases not being able to save the game at all because the game has run out of memory.   Sadly if  this happens there is no fix for this and you will lose all of your progress and possibly your save file as well.

Advanced

World Fixes EA left many routing issues in a lot of their worlds that are known to cause lag and often times crashing as Sims bunch up in broken routing areas on the map.

All the World Fixes can be found on Ellacharmed's Wordpress page.  Follow the instructions very carefully and install the fixes for all the worlds you have installed in your game.

https://ellacharmed.wordpress.com

Other Useful Tips

Delete your cache!!  This one can't be stressed enough.  I delete mine before every game play and never have issues starting the game up.  A guide can be found here: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Sims_3_Delete_Cache_Files

Turn off Origin In Game - This will give a noticeable improvement.

Close all other programs running in the background.  

Turn on Game Mode or Silent Mode on your Antivirus

Useful Sims 3 Programs

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Sims 3 Dashboard Tool http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=387006]http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=387006

CC Magic http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=461888]http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=461888

Delphy's Sims 3 Pack Multi-Extractor http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=364038]http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=364038

Save Cleaner by Kuree http://www.simlogical.com/ContentUploadsRemote/uploads/1532/