#note in the letterbox

[dizzysilhouette]

What did Dice do that he should be sorry for with Alan?

he already apologized for the “ignoring/neglecting Alan” thing (albeit in a way Alan wasn’t 100% satisfied with- but that’s a wound for another bandage) but…

the thing he should probably apologize for is being so passionate when talking about breaking up with Alan(like, really passionate) instead of just doing it and sparing Alan the agony of “will he, won’t he”.

sure, he doesn’t have to apologize, but being like “oh i’ll break up with him in a heartbeat” loud enough for his partner to hear is a bit inconsiderate and hurtful, don’tcha think?

[miikpal]

lighter than air

frames of everybody from the recent vid!

[creatrixcymraes]

Read a very long scaremongering post about internet culture and the loss of community and it ended with "do you even know the names of your neighbours?" ...as if that was a big gotcha?

Like yeah I do, on one side is Stuart and Rena who are expecting their second grandchild very soon, and on the other side is Mark and his new missus Tracey and his son Ben (who is moving out soon). We send each other Christmas cards and compliment each other's Christmas and Halloween decorations. We bring each other's bins in.

If you want community with your neighbours you just have to accept that it's going to be a little awkward at first and push through the discomfort to make the barest of efforts.

I was definitely glad we already knew each other on the day I woke up at 7am to realise our gas hob had been leaking overnight and the house was full of gas. Mark next door saw the fire engine pull up, came out to see what was going on, and brought us into his house for a cuppa while we waited for the all clear.

Idk I'm just sick of people acting all doom and gloom about things that they absolutely have the ability to change 🤷🏻‍♀️

[lynx-doodles-indie-games]

Perhaps... if requests are opened...

Maybe a Unicorn (?) Coal to compliment Unicorn! Wisp?

i actually have something planned with coal to be posted soon, but sure, unicorn coal :D

have a complimentary wisp fullbody too!

palette is zenith by sweetavery

both of them, side by side for a rough height reference

[eldritchdropout]

So, one of my Many hobbies is letterboxing (geocaching but with homemade rubber stamps). I love going out to the nearby parks and finding people's art hidden away in stumps and under bridges - it's also a great way to get some much needed fresh air an exercise. (If you're interested I recommend going to atlasquest.com, they have all the info you could ever want there.)

However. I am an overachiever. And chronically online.

So I carved twelve stamps to make a walking loop. Why twelve? One for each month, of course!

Now, I've seen a holiday stamp series before. August: Clown Week! November: Thanksgiving! December: Christmas! But I thought hey. What if I made. Tumblr holidays instead?

THE HOLIDAY LIST:

January 8th: Spiders Georg Day February: (okay we don't have one of those yet, so I chose a weekly one instead) It Is Wednesday, My Dudes March 15th: The Ides of March April 13th: Neil Banging Out the Tunes Day May 3rd: Dracula Daily June 22nd: Summerween July 11th-13th: Dashcon August 21st: Goncharov (original post day) September 8th: The Queen is Dead October 3rd: It's October 3rd November 5th: Guy Fawkes-Putin-Destiel-Election Day December: (all month) Gavlebocken Arson

I've made the stamps and put them in their boxes, but I was wondering if anyone would want to see them before I hide them? Since 99.9% of the people here won't be able to in person? I can also link their Atlas Quest page when I'm done so y'all can see my Beautiful holiday descriptions lol.

[verlake]

well writing, directing and starring in film wherein your character's best gal pal is indelibly in love with you across separate lifetimes while also having jacob anderson tethered to your character for reasons absolutely unknown is what cinema is actually for i think.

[b33tlejules]

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[fujoshiribbon]

triple deluxe was so good for a game that had pyribbit dx in it

[noxxytocin]

wakes up to 100+ notifs on Tumblr BLOODY HELL 😳

[septembersghost]

No but why does Taylor and Elvis look like they are couple in the middle of a fight?

Taylor: I saw you staring at her the whole time. What do you think you're doing🤬🔪🔪

Elvis: I swear honey I was looking at her baby. We talked about this. You know I love you

elvis: nothin' happened, come over here and calm down a minute, honey

taylor:

[dizzysilhouette]

Why do you keep putting character infomration here instead of your other blogs? Don’t you want people to get to know your characters better?

because i want to

plus, if the info contains mature content or i want it to be less known (or it’s related to a behind the scenes lore progression), i can just post it here.

also, i like being able to be open about stuff i’m into (at least that im comfortable sharing) and all that :)

[luvether]

hii kou ^^ i hope you’ve been well 🫶🏽

Bell helloo !! really sweet of you to come and check up on me, I’m doing well <33 also mirroring the same sentiments, hope you’re well as well ᡣ𐭩

[rebel-ezra]

emailed the big bosses of my building last week about a very fucking strong weed smell in the hallway (that got into my kitchen ew) and their response was uwu knock on your neighbours door and ask them to stop <3 no thank u I value my peace

[siblingcultureis]

Sibling culture is ding-dong-ditching each other's bedroom doors with notes even though it would be a million times easier to just talk to each other XD

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[scealaiscoite]

‧₊˚ 🏠 ✩ domestic prompts

¹⁾ a basket of laundry left in a doorway

²⁾ a sticky note on a pillow

³⁾ colourful fridge magnets

⁴⁾ a laden clothesline

⁵⁾ plates of fresh-cut fruit

⁶⁾ towels warm from the dryer

⁷⁾ the whistle of a kettle

⁸⁾ messy bedsheets

⁹⁾ books stacked on a nightstand

¹⁰⁾ a cupboard of mismatched mugs

¹¹⁾ fresh-brewed tea

¹²⁾ a sink full of dishes

¹³⁾ pictures lined up on a mantlepiece

¹⁴⁾ sun-warmed floorboards

¹⁵⁾ odd socks

¹⁶⁾ overflowing paper grocery bags

¹⁷⁾ a steamed-up bathroom mirror

¹⁸⁾ dinner left in the oven to keep warm

¹⁹⁾ a porcelain teapot

²⁰⁾ mismatched cutlery

²¹⁾ potted herb plants lined up on a windowsill

²²⁾ a stocked bar cart

²³⁾ a teeming closet

²⁴⁾ cold tiles

²⁵⁾ a shared bath

²⁶⁾ rooms decorated with trinkets

²⁷⁾ a jewellery dish

²⁸⁾ shoes left by a doorway

²⁹⁾ a faded portrait in an old frame

³⁰⁾ soft lamplight

³¹⁾ the drone of a ceiling fan

³²⁾ homemade lemonade

³³⁾ a messy makeup vanity

³⁴⁾ faded coasters

³⁶⁾ lit candles

³⁷⁾ frayed couch cushions

³⁸⁾ a blanket draped over a sleeping form

³⁹⁾ creaky stairs

⁴⁰⁾ fresh-cut timber

⁴¹⁾ an overgrown garden

⁴²⁾ a spare room

⁴³⁾ a medicine cabinet

⁴⁴⁾ jasmine bath salts

⁴⁵⁾ soft pyjamas

⁴⁶⁾ bare feet on cold floorboards

⁴⁷⁾ sunday dinners

⁴⁸⁾ post scattered under the letterbox

⁴⁹⁾ family photos

⁵⁰⁾ an old armchair

⁵¹⁾ scrawled-on calendars

⁵²⁾ a roaring fireplace

⁵³⁾ reminders stuck to the fridge

⁵⁴⁾ boardgames

⁵⁵⁾ a dusty attic

⁵⁶⁾ smoke curling out of a chimney

⁵⁷⁾ evenings on the porch

⁵⁸⁾ a record player

⁵⁹⁾ tangled chargers

⁶⁰⁾ a chipped bathtub

⁶¹⁾ a silver serving tray

⁶²⁾ souvenir shot glasses

⁶³⁾ a blackout

⁶⁴⁾ movie nights

⁶⁵⁾ a late dinner party

⁶⁶⁾ half-finished crochet projects

⁶⁷⁾ a loose thread on a sweater

⁶⁸⁾ dog leads hung by the door

⁶⁹⁾ a leaning coatrack

⁷⁰⁾ a grocery list

⁷¹⁾ patterned dishes

⁷²⁾ bright teatowels

⁷³⁾ an empty drawer

⁷⁴⁾ vhs tapes

⁷⁵⁾ documentary reruns

[pforestsims]

This is a replacement for various TS2 cutscene camera animation resources without bloom, grain, vignette and letterbox /OR with less of those/

NOTE: This mod is NOT an improvement of cutscene animations. It allows clean /or cleaner/ screenshots and that's it.

Less post effects in cutscenes

Download: SFS | BOX

updated 24.01.2025: first kiss scenes were all blurry, I've replaced those.

06.02.2025: Move in animation cutscene was black, I've replaced it.

This mod is still a work in progress! Some effects might switch on and off, also - At the end of the cutscenes anims tend to look glitchy, Sims rapidly changing position etc. That wonkiness is normally hidden by letterbox blackout.

People on Legacy TS2: Seems like EA removed sfx from cutscenes - so you don't need this mod to experience wonky cutscene endings xD

More under the cut:

The ugliest of the effects IMO, the filmgrain (especially in dark/night scenery), luckily takes up a few frames at most and was the easiest to get rid of. Well, not always easy to remove, because in some cutscenes effects depend on other effects, like the filmgrain is added with vignette, not filmgrain (???) and vignette creates a mask for the blur effect so if you remove it blur becomes worse - but you can't remove blur cuz it makes entire scene black. It's f*cked up.

Even EA has failed to do that in their Legacy edit which has (some) sfx removed from cutscenes, but not all of it.

Not all animations have all effects removed. To remove these, you need to click on each effect ('Joint') frame in cAnimResourceConst tab, Sub mesh: (dropdown menu) / Postprocessingmaterial and set parameters to zero.

Usually that's one, or a few more frames, but for some anims it's 60, 80 or even 289 frames (letterbox, enter college without parent anim) - so I've skipped most of those.

Replacement contains resources:

o-cineCam-alienAbduction_anim o-cineCam-proposeReject_anim o-cineCam-graduationParty02_anim o-cineCam-cinematic-EnterCollege-withParent-2_anim o-cineCam-firstKissTeen_anim o-cineCam-alienBirth-2_anim o-cineCam-homeBirth_anim o-cineCam-hotTubPlayInF2M-2_anim o-cineCam-hotTubPlayInF2M-1_anim o-cineCam-firstKiss_anim o-cineCam-cinematic-EnterCollege-withParent-1_anim o-cineCam-weddingReject_anim o-cineCam-graduationParty01_anim o-cineCam-moveIn_anim o-cineCam-alienBirth-1_anim o-cineCam-hotTubPlayIn-1_anim o-cineCam-weddingAccept_anim o-cineCam-a-cinematic-enterCollege-noParent_anim o-cineCam-ProposeAccept_anim o-cineCam-hotTubPlayIn-2_anim o-cineCam-returnFromAbduction_anim o-cineCam-ProposeMaleAccept_anim o-cineCam-playInBed_anim

In case of some effects, if they take up many frames - usually letterbox - it's not enough to zero frame parameters, you gotta go to raw view and zero leftover parameters in there too.

Also, as mentioned above, removing one effect can mess up another.