#sims 4 hq walls

[the-persimmon-fox]

Sims 4 William Morris Victorian Wallpapers (Pimpernel)

[pixelplayground]

PXL'S Anatomy of Screenshots

So you want to take better screenshots? There are multiple factors to consider, and if you don't enjoy tweaking reshade settings for every image, my ultimate method may not be for you. That being said, there are tips and resources in this guide that are applicable to everyone and you can select to explore those that are useful to your specific situation.

Disclaimer: I am not claiming to be an expert, nor am I offering to provide troubleshooting on an individual basis. This is a general guide and if you are unfamiliar with any of the concepts, please use the mighty power of the internet to find tutorials. I promise everything that I have learned over the years has been published and documented a thousand times better than I ever could.

There are five factors to address:

Your computer's inherent capabilities

The game's limitations

The mods you're using

Reshade

Post Processing

Graphics Card Settings & Drivers:

Become familiar with your graphic options. If you don't have a dedicated graphics card (i.e. a desktop or gaming laptop, these features may be unavailable and you should skip.)

I have an AMD Radeon Pro card which is designed for workstation level systems. It's overkill for sims, but useful for 3D rendering and modelling work. I have changed the following settings for DirectX 9 applications:

anti-aliasing - enhance application settings

anisotropic filtering - enabled

anisotropic filtering level - 16x

texture filtering quality - high

surface format optimization - high

Consider overclocking your graphics card to unlock it's full potential. DO NOT pursue this venture unless you are ok with the risk of burning out your card prematurely. I use at present, overclocked Bootcamp Drivers from BootcampDrivers.com obviously, if you're not playing on an intel based mac through Bootcamp, this is irrelevant to you.

None of these settings are useful until you address the default games limitations, which leads nicely into the next factor.

Addressing The Sims 4's Graphic Limitations:

Everyone should be familiar at this point with lighting mods, 4k, textures, disabling ssao, etc. but, I'm still going to spell it out. None of this is new information and has been covered many a time by various players ad nauseum.

remove ugly blue toned lighting in the world by choosing a lighting mod from @softerhaze here

overhaul your graphics.cfg file (i use a custom blend with features specific to me), however @simp4sims has done a ridiculous amount of work in providing a simple to install file that can be found here - read through their tutorials!! they have provided an excellent oversight of exactly what this does and why it matters

improve the indoor lighting for your sims - previously i used @luumia's no blu, no glo - recently i switched to @northernsiberiawinds better in game lighting mod here, though i have tweaked some of the settings to suit my own personal preferences

i don't use the HQ mod, i don't find that it makes enough difference for the amount of effort it requires to convert CAS CC

It should go without saying, but tweaking your graphics config file is absolutely useless if you can't play TS4 at it's maximum in game graphic settings!

The Mods You're Using:

Now that you've put in all this work into getting the game ready to make use of quality mods where do you start? Well, the CC you install matters. Whatever your preference, whether it be maxis-match, alpha or somewhere in between, priority should be given to using items textured in 2k or 4k resolutions, and specific attention should be paid to using wall and flooring textures with bump maps, and or high quality resolutions (this is important later for reshade if you intend to learn about ray tracing).

I will separately post a guide to creators with crispy textures because that is it's own novel.

Reshade:

Phew. Still with me?

There are many many many reshade presets out there, most are alike, but none employ ray tracing, and that is because a) it needs to be manually adjusted for every screenshot, b) they are paid shaders, and c) this requires advanced knowledge of reshade and a decent enough graphics set up that won't overheat - games running native ray tracing recommend a minimum VRAM of 8GB (please note RAM and VRAM are not the same) - i therefore do not recommend pursuing this option if your system does not meet those minimum requirements.

Start here to understand what ray tracing for reshade is. In my opinion, the shaders are well worth the price of $5 for the amount of work that has gone into creating them by the talented Pascal Gilcher. That link is a comprehensive starting point into expanding your knowledge of reshade and it's capabilities.

I have always created my own reshade presets from scratch, and while the core colorization settings I utilize remain largely the same, using ray tracing and re-light means every screenshot needs to be manually adjusted (lights repositioned, bounce and AO factors adjusted, etc) before being captured. @pictureamoebae just published a very timely post discussing the re-light shader and you can read it here.

Post Processing

Reshade does 99.99% of the work that traditionally would be accomplished in a photo editing software like photoshop. Occasionally, I need to adjust exposure manually, add depth of field manually, or color correct. Beyond that I use it to scale images to fit the resolution and file size limits of various platforms. Conceptually this reduces the amount of uncontrolled loss encountered when platforms like tumblr auto compress files that are too large. In reality, tumblr still makes images crappy compared to how they appear in my file folder.

optimize your images for various social media platforms using this guide

fix exposure or colorization issues using a software like photoshop

I hope that this gives you a starting point into expanding your methodologies. My process is continuously evolving and I find this aspect of the game most entertaining. For others who don't enjoy this process, it's probably not worth it!

Thanks for reading ❤ PXL

[moonbiscuitsims]

SIMDEW VALLEY SET 🍄👩🏿‍🌾🐷🐴🐄🧙🏿‍♂️🌻🌽

Stardew Valley Pixel Art Floors/Walls/Deco (TS4) Download Below

Aside from a couple most of these pics are just the demo pics showing what's included, more CC in game pics can be seen here

🍄Misc Large Decals

In order: Junimo huts + large Junimos, Holdiay Decor and "sky decor", furniture items, rarecrows, plants.

🍄Wall Decals Paintings and Banners:

🍄Wall Decals Misc small:

Adventure stuff and boots, small junimos, random furniture items slime monsters different expressions

🍄Wall decals Gems and Minerals:

I didn't do them all, just some that I liked.

🍄Wall decals farm animals

🍄Wall decals Fishing

Again just the fish I wanted to do, not all:

🍄Wall decals Harvestables, Crops, Products:

Here's a random in game pic (see more in links provided at top or bottom of post), all decals show through glass too!

🍄Stardew Valley Villagers (yes the bear is a villager I refuse to accept otherwise) portraits

The portraits are the only item with actual dimension, I recoloured a base game framed painting, so these are not flat like the rest of decals. (they look a bit orange but that's just my mood lighting)

🍄Walls and Flooring (indoor and outdoor flooring)

I did all the ones you see here:

For the floors I made a large and small version of all:

🍄You can see more CC in game pics in my wip post here

Are you sick and tired of those smooth graphics from Sims 4? Do you wish you could replace those pesky curves and detailed HQ textures with nothing but square pixel heaven and flat colours? To be finally rid of all those 3D bump/light effects and replace them with volume-less cardboard cut-out illusion and imagination? Do you want your build/game to look just like Stardew Valley? Or do you simply think that if the sims team are gonna give us low poly and low quality meshes and textures might as well do it properly? Fear not! The solution is here! I made a new Stardew Valley save (why I need yet another save that I'll never have time to complete I don't know) and tried my first build, the recreation of my current (and only) farm. It was ok but I got frustrated at how "Sims 4" everything looked, and checked for stardew valley cc conversions, art, decor but only find people making it using sims 4 stuff, which is probably the most logical thing but not for me! So I made this as there are plenty of game assets from Stardew Valley available online and however tedious and time-consuming resizing the tiniest of pixel art images is to fit Sims 4, it is fairly easy and doable, so I did it. I did skip some items in each category as there are way too many and just did the ones I like, sorry if there was one I didn't include. Also there are some floors in the game or icons that I couldn't find. Some Junimos were taken from the internet but most are individually resized game assets. INFO: all decals in wall deco, all are zero simoleons, and the portraits are 10. You can find my stuff typing "moonbiscuitsims" or "stardew". All have correct colour filter tags and removed "talk to object (insane)" and "can be struck by lightning" (these things annoy me or could cause more distractions for my sims, sorry if you like this though I'm sure there are plenty of objects to talk to/ lightning strikable objects). I don't know if this has an effect. All the portraits are just tagged as brown. All are resizable to your liking. Forgot to mention the floors i think are in wood flooring and outdoor flooring; and I think the walls in panelling. REQUIREMENTS: Nada, nothing. Just base game. (though I did accidentally make one item from a get to work decal by mistake, I remade it to fix it and I've play tested everything, but let me know if something doesn't show up.

PLEASE READ AND RESPECT MY TOU AND DO NOT ❌❌❌: - ❌ Reupload - ❌ Include in sim downloads - ❌ Put behind paywall of any kind no matter what. - ❌ Claim as yours. If you wanna use the texture files to make other different original content that is fine as long as it is different from mine and NO PAYWALLS and no reuploading my stuff. The images are from Stardew Valley, but I spent ages editing every single one to fit the sims, and this took me days to do. All my stuff is free. I don't care about conversions to ts2 or ts3 but NO PAYWALLS and please tag and credit me. If used for screenshots please tag me too, I'd love to see <3 🍄DOWNLOAD (including a pick and choose or a merged file with everything, don't get both) 🍄ALT DOWNLOAD PATREON Enjoy! Happy Simming/Farming

🌵🥥🌴NEW!! Calico Desert Addon🌴🥥🌵

Stardew Valley fav music playlist 🎵🎵🎵

[genshinsims]

Xinyue Kiosk Furnishing [Part 1] (Genshin Impact)

- All LOD’s

- Normal and Specular Maps

- Custom thumbnail

- HQ compatible

4 Wall decors: 2 big artworks, 2 small ones

1 Folding Screen

1 Carpet

1 Ceiling

1 Flooring

Model by MIHOYO. Conversion to The Sims by me

PATREON (Early access; public release on April 15)

[thesims4blogger]

The Sims 4: Official Laundry List (July 9th, 2024)

Earlier this week, EA released a new Laundry List for the next game update for The Sims 4. If you don’t know the term, that’s a list of bug fixes that will come on a patch.

Laundry lists are usually shared one week before the update comes to both versions of the game (PC/Mac and consoles), but the release date has not been confirmed.

It is also unknown if the patch will bring anything new to the game. Maybe this is when players will get one of the two free updates promised on the latest roadmap. And it may or may not included the long promised new hairstyle made in collaboration with Dark and Lovely.

Read the full blog post, with all the bug fixes, below.

Sul Sul Simmers!

Welcome to this month’s Laundry List, where we share the top community concerns we’re currently investigating and aim to resolve in an upcoming patch.

To stay on track with the goal stated in our previous Laundry List, the team continues to dedicate their time to prioritizing more fixes to include in each update.  This is our second release in this series, with the next scheduled for roughly 2 months from now. This time, we are tackling over 60 issues to make for a better gameplay experience.

As always, the list below is just a top list, and there are more topics that we saw reported by players that are not listed here but may still be in the process of being solved. Some topics can be tricky and require an extended investigation on our end, so even though we are actively reviewing, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch.

This list is primarily generated by leveraging the player reports via Answers HQ. Thank you to everyone who continues to help our work of improving the user experience via their reports.

Here’s the list of community concerns we’re investigating for the game update this month:

Console :

(Base Game) Reduced processing lag occuring a few minutes after launching the game that resulted in stuttering Sims.

(For Rent) [PS/XB] You can now enter ‘Rent per day’ amount with a controller.

(For Rent) Change floor up/down can now use the d-pad instead of bumpers on Residential Rental display in world select view.

Gallery

[DX11] Placing a lot from the Gallery will no longer display building lot screen with an incorrect overlay effect.

Base Game:

Sims will no longer receive a “Break-Up“ want when they have a High Romantic Relationship with that sim.

[DX11] Now able to switch windows in Fullscreen mode using Alt+Tab.

When a Sim changes path without stopping (canceling & changing their route) they will no longer teleport to their final destination.

Toddlers will receive Top Notch and Happy reward traits after achieving required skills.

Stair Railings will no longer disappear when one tile is placed next to one tile room.

When leaving CAS, the makeup sliders will stop reverting to their default settings and will remain how they were set.

When two Sims are on a date, other NPCs on the lot will stop trying to join a conversation; causing awkward conversations.

Fixed many cases of Fingernails warping when worn with certain outfits.

Fixed many cases of Fingernails getting warped when applied to female physical frame for male sim and vice versa.

Enchanting and Flirty Interactions are not available if not correctly aligned with gender preferences. Previously, they were incorrectly appearing regardless of preference.

All ‘Mega Double Doors’ swatches now include Transparent Glass.

“Make a Move” interaction is now available between Married Sims created from CAS.

Toenail option for toddler is no longer is missing in the Accessories menu.

Hair texture no longer changes when ‘yfTop_SDX021BinderRacerback’ tank top is applied to a female sim.

Can now place large curved walls on large curved platforms.

Cellar stair trim will no longer extrude down to the basement floor when the basement floor is removed.

Stair drop wall will no longer disappear when in ‘walls cutaway view’ mode.

The Knowledge of a Sim’s Sexual Orientation and their Sim Profile will now remove outdated information when that Sim changes their Sexual Orientation in CAS.

Upon learning a Sim’s woohoo interest and opening their Sim Profile, the Sim Profile will no longer say “No One“ when the sim has a woohoo interest in Men/Women.

When multitasking two books being read, the Sim will no longer skip the first book. Now they will read it, put it away, and then go for the second book.

Teen Sims will no longer feel jealous around a previous teen romantic partner who has aged up.

“Skinny dip with…“ interaction is no longer available on pools when no other sims are nearby.

Sims will now kneel instead of sitting cross-legged when wearing one of several CAS costumes to prevent strange visual stretching.

Bust the Dust

Sims will no longer get multiple Dust System negative buffs at the same time.

Cats & Dogs

Sim clothes will no longer remain on when entering Sim tattoo mode in CAS after using Pet Paint Mode on coat colors or patterns.

Cottage Living

Foxes will no longer appear in Manage Households looking like creepy rag dolls.

Finchwick Fair submissions will now properly return to sim’s inventory or to their household inventory after the fair is over. 

Dine Out

Sims no longer get stuck when a running restaurant venue is replaced with another restaurant from the Gallery.

Special NPCs (like Michael Bell) are no longer available to be hired for restaurants, because they will show up inconsistently or not at all.

NPCs will now leave the restaurant after completing the eating of a grand meal and will no longer wait untill restaurant is closed.

Equipping ‘ymTop_GP03Vest_SolidBlackBlue‘ outfit no longer causes round grooves to appear in the middle of all the fingers.

Sims will drink their drinks and eat their food autonomously when both are ordered at a restaurant. Previously they would only drink.

Discover University

Professors will no longer run away when attempting to take them on a date.

For Rent

The name of the residential rental lot will stop reverting back to its default name.

Rent amount should display consistently based on the unit size and amenities.

Tenant Relationships now appear in the Business filter tab within the Relationship Panel.

Get Famous

Color and texture will no longer change on the pockets and coat lining when pairing any tall boots with ymBody_EP06CoatLong.

Get Together

Interactions will finish and fully complete when using the Get Together closet to Woohoo/Try for Baby interaction.

“Make Out With…“ will also work in this closet.

Growing Together

Haughty Herringbone Tile, Floor, and Wall have appropriate swatches.

High School Years

Teen Sims can now Sneak Out to a College Party to complete their aspiration goal by using the “Ask About College Parties“ phone interaction with other Teens and then “Sneak Out“ through an openable window.

When wavy ombre hair is applied, a gray shadow will no longer appear in the sim’s eyeballs

Benchmark Seating Icon displays pink when viewing the pink swatch.

Horse Ranch

The three descriptions of features for Chestnut Ridge are now included at World Select.

Improving Horse locomotion at 2x or 3x speed to look better and stick better to routing paths.

Foals turn around instead of going backwards now which fixes several visual glitches when interacting with objects and routing.

Horses should no longer occasionally overshoot the end of their paths when running and taking several tiny steps before coming to a stop.

Horse will slow down when routing through gates and no longer hit locomotion lags.

Horse will no longer teleport to their end destination when routing backwards in 2x or 3x speed.

Journey to Batuu

Fingernails no longer clip through the Journey to Batuu full-body outfit gloves.

My Wedding Stories

Cakes at a wedding will contain a reminder tip that only the Sim who plans the event can select the wedding cake.

“Call off the Wedding” is available on both the Sim and the wedding arch while performing the vows interactions– it’s not too late to call it off!

Sims with a low hunger motive will not eat the wedding cake until instructed to do so.

Sims not from Tartossa can travel there to marry at the Town Hall.

Sims will not sit on the floor from “Please Take Your Seats” if there aren’t enough chairs. They will continue to stand now.

Occult Packs

Occult rank status for non-household occult sims can now be seen in the SIm Profile.

Linked Form occults will properly apply CAS across forms using the apply all button.

Urban Homage Kit

Assets ‘ymBottom_SP50Track_SolidBlack’ & ‘ymBottom_SP50Denim_AcidBlue’ are now correctly tagged as masculine.

Riviera Retreat Kit

‘Essence of Bergamot’ Planter no longer has an unexpected transparency.

Seasons

‘Ain’t That A Slate Toilet’ now has the appropriate two-tone swatch color.

Sims can use an indoor pool in freezing conditions. Outside temperature doesn’t affect inside pools, and all interactions on the pool are available and will no longer appear grayed out. Outside pools can be used by user-directed interactions but not Sims will not autonomously interact with them.

Toddler Stuff

Toddler full body outfits now match the swatch without grainy textures.

Werewolves

A few nose rings were not intersecting properly with some noses. That has been fixed.

Sweater ‘ymTop_GP12SweaterDecal’ arm no longer distorts for male sims at low LOD.

Sweater ‘ymTop_GP12SweaterDecal’ arm will no longer distort for male sims.

Our team is dedicated to continuing to tackle concerns that affect your ability to enjoy the game, so please continue to report any issues you experience via Answers HQ. This remains our primary source for information to troubleshoot player experiences, and any and all details are helpful for our team. As with every patch, please remember to remove any external game mods and custom content if you are experiencing issues, as they may conflict with the updates.

Thank you once more for working with us to continue to improve on the experience of our Simmers, and for making this game the best it can be.

We’ll catch you in the next Laundry List – Happy Simming!

[mainlyjustthesims]

𝐒𝐧𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐭

My new way of making cc is putting custom tags on it!

𝘛𝘖𝘜:

*Please dont convert my cc to other games  *Please ask before you convert to sims 4 *No retexture or remake my meshes *DO NOT UPLOAD TO OTHER SITES AND OR BEHIND PAY WALLS TO CLAIM AS YOUR OWN *I will watch you when you sleep  if my tou isn't respected because i will know- O.O

*Low Poly *HQ 2K Textures *Mesh made by me *Background of the blanket is recolorable  *7 of the blankets have pictures on them and one has none *Find under rugs *ENJOY

Finally i could finish this ass with trsw if any one has a problem please let me know please I got bored so i decided to make this lol Hope you guys like it! @katsujiiccfinds 

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[risingwolf97]

Nocturnal Midset #1 (Featuring my 7 personas)

Nighttime. Body rest mode activated. Commence Sleeping in 3...2...1...

Eren (F/30yrs.): Okay our girl is down for the night again. Let's go over her stats for the day. Shall we everyone?

Christina (F/25yrs.): Alright I'm first. Today was my day to be in primary charge. So obviously she took it easy today. Thank Bast, it's not a school day! She would have been wiped out otherwise. Anyways mostly was spent playing The Sims 4 and a little bit of other crap too. The rest can fill you in for that stuff.

Eren: Thank you Chris. Now who's next?

Daniella (F/4billion+/25yrs): Our girl lost her cool at her game crashing and all her stuff in her library disappearing. I had her throw a pillow at a wall and scream. Don't worry, she didn't break anything [mutters] to my disappointment she didn't flip out worse. I gotta fix that later.

Eren: O...Kay...Who's next?

Ivory (F/25): That would be me. Our girl made dinner. A simple meal of spaghetti and meat chunks. She also made some fresh Texas toast to go with it. I also had her clean out her emails and reorganize her files. Plus she posted on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter and watched a few TikToks and YouTube videos.

Eren: And that's the reason you're the smart one of us! Who else?

Vivianna [Ivy] (F/14yrs.) I really didn't have much to do aside from watching her vitals and making sure she did her bathroom business today a.k.a. BORING SH*T!! I was more productive in my realm than out here in HQ! By Apollo's bright shield! Why is our girl getting older!? She never has time for FUN anymore! The only reason she did the game today was because I put it in the docket for Chris's tasks! I could have done it myself but alas, duties called me back home for a while this afternoon.

Ivory: Oh? And what duties would those be?

Ivy: [blush]...you know...marital duties...and you won't be getting anything else from that!

Eren: Alright, okay. Before the young one has an aneurysm, Big voice! Anything to add?

Big Voice (my actual voice): Nope! Our girl had a small headache earlier this evening and she took medication for that. I told Chrissy to put on some calming music for our girl to sleep too. Oh! There was one more thing. HE is back and I'm not sure what to do.

{collective gasps of shock}

Eren: What you mean--

Jackie (M/26yrs): I'M BAAAACK B*TCHES!!!! Did ya miss me? Because I've missed you! *Jumps onto Ivy's desk* My oh My! How things have changed in 20 years of isolation. *Gasps* is that YOU little Vi? My goodness you've grown up! How old are you now? 18? 21?

Ivy: [bristles in fear] I'm almost 14 and 1/2. Hello Jackie.

Daniella: [angrily shouts] WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK HERE!?! I THOUGHT ISOLATION MEANT A PERMANENT PURGE!! Just like with our girl's imaginary "friends"!!

Jackie: Well ya got me!? One minute I'm chilling in my isolation chamber and suddenly it cracks and breaks open. I'm free for the first time since my girl was almost 6! Woo-Hoo!! *Dances a jig*

Ivory: I'm sorry, approximately HOW long ago did it break?

Jackie: Oh in July...

Christina: JULY!?! That was 10 months ago! Why would it--

Eren: Oh my creator...it...it couldn't have...

Ivory: What? Spit it out witch!

Eren: Remember when host body got news she lost her dad in a car accident?

{they all nod}

Eren: That is probably when his chamber broke. Our girl's emotional state was almost zombie like for 3 weeks. Then came the actual insanity! We blamed Dani for that!

Dani: and I'm STILL pissed about that!

Ivory: Now we know...

Jackie: Yeppers! That's what would do it! A strong enough out of control situation would bring me back! Just like when host body's aunt and sister moved out. That's when I was sealed away. Host body became miserable and could barely keep up with home life! Why I bet the passing thought of running away came up A LOT in meetings. Now. What have I missed?

[revolution-sims]

Clear, high definition eyes for your sims!

22 Colors

Custom thumbnail

HQ Compatible

All Ages / All Genders

Category: Face Paint

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[shysimblr]

Definitely got carried away trying different things lol... 

[viper-fish]

take a trip into my garden

i’ve got so much to show ya

the fountains and the waters

are begging just to know ya

so basically troye sivan got me out of a massive inspiration rut by being absolutely empowering, if ever i had a muse it would be him. this was both a result of watching bloom too much, finding a shirt i liked too much on lana’s blog, and finally getting reshade to work (although this is still heavily edited).

i chose narvi for this edit rather than making a random sim because i feel very strongly that narvi is a passionate advocate for expression of the self, and a firm believer in the idea that there is a sort of healing quality in allowing yourself moments of self-indulgence, regardless of expectations that have been put on you.

that being said, in he is, narvi will not always be in a position where he has the freedom to be unabashedly himself. i thought i owed him this freedom, because self-preservation is not always suppressing yourself to save your own ass. sometimes it is letting yourself fly to save your mind. i myself am still learning the importance of this, but then again, most of us are!

deepness aside, (if you cant tell this was a very emotional edit for me LMFAO) my bff thought this was james charles so now i guess narv looks like james charles and johnny weir, do any else of you have suggestions??? if so speak now or forever hold your peace omfg 

p.s. i have versions of this shoot that spoil the entirety of whatever i’m doing with the thorsons. bet you wish i had posted those. p.p.s - i almost did.

[the-persimmon-fox]

[whysimstho]

PEPPA: *knocks on door* “Rose? Are you in there?” 

ROSALIE: “Yeah mom, I’m in here! Come in and have a seat!” *mutters* “These heels are already killing me.” 

PEPPA: *opens door and gasps* “Oh, Rosie! You look so beautiful!” 

ROSALIE: “Thanks mom!” 

JUGGIE: *snorts* “Yeah. Nice stiff hair you’ve got going on, too.” 

ROSALIE: “Hey, Madeleine paid for my hair and makeup! What was I going to do? Turn down my future mother-in-law?” 

ALVIN: “Well I think you look absolutely gorgeous!” *hugs* 

ROSALIE: *laughs* “Thanks, dad!” 

[lesyasun]

◆ 200 Essential Sims 2 Mods, Defaults and Fixes ◆

I have just reinstalled my game and currently reorganizing downloads folder. I thought that it could be helpful to share the resources that I use. If you're starting over just like me, good luck! We can do it :D

All the mods are listed in the random order. But important ones go first. I also added tiny descriptions of what each mod does. Also, let me know if you notice that some of these mods conflict. I’ll appreciate ♥

This is an endless list, so I’m hiding the part of it under the cut. I also decided to share the PDF and word version of the list for convenience. Have fun!  ♥

◆ DOWNLOAD ◆

Clean UI - changes user interface to minimalistic and modern one.

Clean UI for Bodyshop - the same style interface for Bodyshop.

Bodyshop Brightening - redefines the lighting used in BodyShop. Must be put in Documents/EA Games/The sims 2/Config folder!

Minimalist Bodyshop Background - put in the Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2 folder and click F5 when you are in Bodyshop.

Minimalistic Logo Screen

No Pause Frame - removes the red frame that appears when the game is paused.

Default book covers and novel icons

Better Bubbles - replaces the default blurry low-resolution Chat, Thought and Yell Headline Bubbles with brand new high-quality textures.

Talk to Me - a speech icon replacement mod that replaces (almost) all speech icons with TS4 icons.

Camera Mod Compilation

Widescreen Camera Cas

Maxis Match Lighting Mod by Dreadpirate 

Maxis Roofs Default Replacement by Curiousb4

Clean Neighbourhood Templates by Jawusa - these neighborhood templates allow to create clean custom neighborhoods with no Townies/NPCs or if you want to play in EA's neighborhoods, but without the playables.

Clean and Empty Stealth Hood Plates by Jawusa - allow to get rid of Maxis families that appear in neighbourhood's bin.

Rural Charm terrain and road default replacement by Criquette

Linden HOOD Trees Replacement 

Birch HOOD Trees Replacement by Sixfootsims4

Pine HOOD Trees Replacement

Palm HOOD Trees Replacement by Anima

Redbud HOOD Tree Replacement by Suratan-zir

Ginko HOOD Tree Replacement by Suratan-zir

Lowedeus HOOD skies + by Zena-dew-drop + by iCAD + by iCAD#2 + by iCAD#3 + by iCAD#4 + by iCAD#5 + by iCAD#6 - hood sky replacement which also can be seen from the hood view. Some of them have animated clouds!

Seasons Skylines -��a custom objects that adds more realistic background in a hood view

No More Bluriness by Simnopke - replaces snow and beach textures into HQ.

Moon Replacement by Simnopke

Sun Replacement by Lowedeus

Neighbourhood decorations can be placed anywhere - enables neighborhood deco to be placed on/overlapping lots

No Rocks Hood Deco Mod - gets rid of those deco rocks that serve as placeholders when using certain hood deco.

Sim Shadow Fix - fixes Sims' shadows shown as black rectangles.

ACR - makes all the romantic interactions autonomous.

Pregnancy Wear Any Outfit - allows your sims to wear any outfit instead of maternity clothes. If the outfit hasn't got a pregnancy morph, it will appear on a sim without a pregnant belly.

Community Time Project - enables the passing of time on community lots to be spent on the home lot. When your sims come home from the community lot, they won't travel back in time as in vanila game.

Simblender - can teleport sims onto your lot, set family relationships, move sims in, make townies, give skill points, set career levels and more

No Plumbobs - removes plumbobs above sims heads and in hood view above lots too.

Sims 2 Sliders - various extra sliders for Sims faces in CAS. I have most of them except for asymmetry ones.

Invisible Stop Signs – makes the stop signs in the hood view invisible

Busy Roads NH Traffic Default Replacement - replaces Maxis’ neighborhood cars

OMSPs - special tiny shelves that add extra slots for clutter

White Roof Trim Replacement

White Floor Edge

White Wall Top

Antiredundancy - spawns one NPC per type instead of 3.

No Townie Regen - doesn't allow the game to spawn new townies when you create a clean hood

Breadfruit Tree Fix - yes, it’s a very important fix that must be in top 50 :D Maxis Breadfruit Tree is broken and when the lightning strikes it, the fire effect never goes away. This is so annoyiiing.

Build/Buy Mode Enabled on Community Lots

Community Skilling - enables your sims get skill points on community lots. By default they can’t gain them.

Sleep on Community Lots

Business Runs You - it will manage the employees, making them take breaks automatically, giving them reasonable wages automatically, etc

Autoyak - adds phone options to call friends. Automatically picks and chooses existing friends and calls until relations are repaired. This mode is required for the Business mod above.

Autosoc (AL directory) - adds "automatic socializing" to your sims. Sims will automatically use (un)friendly/romantic interactions to boost their relationships quickly.

Bathroomusesyou - handles many configurations of bathroom usage.

Macrotastics - tons of shiny features for automating tedious and repetitive gameplay, including motive-maintenance, businesses, socializing, and skilling.

Lighten Up! A Mod for Brighter Computer Screens

Custom Computer Screens

Sims play Sims 4 instead of SSX

Sims 3 TV Shows default

Day Setter - allows to set any day of the week. Can be useful when you move out sims.

Painting Easels by AnoeskaB - adds new easels and canvas sizes.

Exercise Equality - a fix that makes all the exercise machine equally used when they are used autonomously.

Exercise Tweaks - fixes energy drain for some machines/activities.

Batbox - there are many fixes. But I mostly use it to fix First-Born Syndrome. It’s a bug that causes all children born to the same 2 parents to look exactly the same. Save your game. Pick "Fix..." and then "Rerandomize Sim Generator." The game will boot you out of the lot, which is why you need to save the game first. Go back to the lot and give birth.

LTW Variety - lifetime wants for careers are no longer strictly aspirationally correlated, and will instead vary by appropriate interests and personality.

Physiology Fix - fixes the broken physiology skill that makes your Sims gain body skill points instantly. 

Maxis Modular Stairs Passage Fix - sims can walk under modular stairs.

No 20k Handouts - eliminates the magic 20K handout when a sim moves out or graduates from college.

No Eat Crap - Sims will talk considerably less when eating, especially if they are in a hurry (because they're tired, starving, need to pee, have more orders.

No More Leafy Plantsim Hair

No Memory Uneducated - your sims won’t get a bad memory about not going to college when they grow up into adults.

No Quitting - prevents employees from quitting just because you didn't read their mind and realize they wanted a raise. They will complain but won't actually quit.

Nossrespawn - eliminates respawning of Secret Society members.    

Townie No Memory Loss - prevents the game from erasing townie's memories when you marry them or move them in to your house. 

Perfect Plants - gardens & shrubs will always stay in perfect condition. 

Pet Coats Enabled All Ages - kittens and Puppies with patterns! ^_^

Pets and Children Share Bed - allows Pets and Children to use the bed at the same time.

No Rod Humble - this mod will nix Rod Humble from coming to your lots, and dropping off presents filled with computers. EDIT: This mod seems to conflict with Visitor Controller. Use this one instead.

Rug Fix - allows to place Maxis rugs diagonally or off grid.

Same Sex Marriage - replaces Joined Unions with Marriage for same sex couples. Includes relevant wants, fears, and memories.

Separate Top/Bottoms for non-Everyday Clothes Mod

"Shop-at-home" Hacked Coat Hook - allows to buy clothes at home.

Gussy Up Mod - allows to change your sims and townies/NPCs appearance and clothes for each category.

Simply Leftovers - allows your sim to put away leftovers as single plates instead of a whole dish.

Slot Enable Package - enables additional slots on the Maxis counters

Smarter Ep Check - the mod itself does nothing but requires for many mods by Cyjon5.

Television Placement Mod - allows to adjust the height of TVs

Watch TV from All Chairs - allows sims to watch TV from 45 degrees angled chairs.

Townie Apartment Residents - apartment neighbors and roommates will be chosen from the townie pool rather than social groups.

Traits Project - adds extra traits to your sims. The traits are objects that must be put into your sims inventories. Some of the traits are actually not just pictures and can influence sims’ behavior.

Use Inaccessible Beds - lets your sims get into a double bed where one side is against a wall.

Centerpiece Enabler for Maxis Small Objects

Equal Genetics - changes genetic rules for eyes and hair. It allowes recessive eye/hair colours to overcome dominant ones.

No More "Dance Face" - fixes the stuck confused face animation.

Pregnancy for All Genders

Same energy gain for any bed

Smart Beds - makes sims smarter about bed usage

School Vacation Mod - kids won’t go to school in summer and winter. EDIT: Unfortunately, doesn’t work for me.

Sunbathe Anywhere

Build Sandcastles Anywhere

Visitor Controller - allows to ban or control certain sims groups on community lots

Turn On and Offs Replacement

Zodiac compatibility overhaul

Personality Please! - opens up the more extreme personality interactions and animations (usually only available to sims with 0-1 and 9-10 points in a certain personality) to more sims by changing the threshold to 0-2 and 8-10, respectively, and other fixes.

Go Steady for Adults + Last Name Dialog

Visitor Snacking Fix - visiting sims will no longer raid the fridge for snacks during parties if other food is available.

Interest Age Mod - now all sims’ interest levels are truly random and not dependent on their age stage.

University Lifetime Wants (uni_ltws) - enables University career LTWs.

Sim Transformer - turns your sim into any supernatural.

Freezer Clock - this object will allow you to stop the time in the sim world and/or freeze a sim individually in a middle of an animation sequence. Useful for portraits.

Abort Bed Making - fixes the issue where once a Sim has "Make Bed" you can't cancel it (they won't stop moving, they just have to do it). 

Age Transition Teens Keep Love - stops teens from losing their crushes/loves when age transitioning to adult/YA.

Antidateflowers - resident sims no longer drop off date flowers on their own doorsteps.

Glowing Desserts Fix - baked alaska (from the base game) and crepes suzette (from Nightlife) don’t glow after you load a lot or take them out of a Sim’s inventory or a fridge.

Community Lot Arrival Delay Fix - your sims will always be the first to arrive, and other visiting sims will start to appear shortly after.

No Welcome Home Hug - prevents kids from autonomously hugging their parents when they arrive from work.

Brighter Autumn Leaves 

Bring Hobby Friends From Work Fix - fixes bug that causes a sim to bring the same Hobby Friend home from work EVERY DAY for the rest of their lives.

Arms at Side poses for BodyShop - in BodyShop, the thumbnail poses show the arms at the sides, but the poses used inside BodyShop are with the hands-on-hips.

Default replacement noses for cats

Chinese&CoffeeSitDownFix - sims will now look for somewhere to sit down other than just the room they are in when eating chinese food or pizza, or drinking coffee/espresso, juice, or an instant meal.

Apartment Buttlers - butlers and nannies can now enter the apartments of the people who hired them.

Call NPCs - reverts a "fix" made in FreeTime that prevents sims from calling almost all NPCs.

Fewer Tourists - the game is hard-coded to expect 12 tourist families of 4+ members each. If it doesn't find that, it gets annoyed and pouts by not generating tourists at all.

Genie Initialization Fix - fixes a critical EA bug regarding genie creation.

No Auto Urn Cleanup - prevents sims from cleaning up urns autonomously.

No Neutral Spell Alignment Shift - neutral spells such as Cleanius Corpus and Creatum Nutrimens won't cause any alignment shift. 

Plantbaby Changes - plantbabies now get only half the skills of the parent sim.

Reputation New Friend Fix - fixes a reputation rewards bug where the game overwrites a variable, potentially befriending sims like Baby New Year.

There Can Be Only One Professor - game will generate one rather than two professors for each major. Gender will be random.

Community Phonebooth Replacement

Community Lot Parties - allows you to throw any party at any time on any lot. 

Dazzle No Motive Loss - this mod prevents motive loss when using Dazzle interaction it adds energy instead of subtracting it.

Desk Locator - makes your sims to put their homework on a certain desk and not drop it on the floor. + some mesh recolours.

Pregnancy Controller Fix - removes unused and excess Pregnancy Controllers from your lot. All they do is bloat your saved game files and slightly slow down your game.

Leaf Pile Fix - if you tell a Sim to rake leaves, they will stop at one pile instead of continuing with more piles if they aren't having motive failure issues. This mod fixes that.

Default Glass Doors and Windows by Slig - fixes Maxis blue glass.

Put Your Books Away - sims will not drop the books on the floor after they finish reading them.

"Talk About Hobby" Want Fix - with this mod, the Talk About Hobby want is not fulfilled when the other Sim rejects the interaction.

Toddler Pet Stroke - toddlers can now use a cute stroking interaction on pets.

First Kiss Interaction Enabled - enables first kiss to be used any time you wish as long as the relationship score is high enough between your sims.

Food Already Available - before a Sim decides to cook or take a snack autonomously, the game checks if there's food already available on the lot. If so, it prevents them from doing it.

Front Door Hack - deliverypersons should no longer be irresistably drawn to the inaccessible door of the mausoleum in the backyard when making their deliveries. Garage doors are not considered front doors regardless of level.

Blocked Doors Can Close - doors that stay open because they are blocked by objects on the same tile are able to close with this hack.  

Gypsy Matchmaker Fix - allows to interact with Matchmaker on a community lot.

Mean Interactions to Any Age - enables mean interactions for teens towards adults/elders and vice versa. Now teens can argue/be argued, tease/be teased, annoy/be annoyed, gross out/be grossed out and fight with anyone older than them.

Random Stereo Station - makes newly bought stereos choose a random station when being turned on for the first time instead of always choosing salsa.

Accessible toddler high chairs - allows sims to access any high chair from left and right sides and also access diagonally placed highchairs.

Already in Crib Fix - this is for the problem of parents and nannies getting babies and toddlers out of one crib only to place them in another.

Kittens and Puppies Eyes Fix - fixes the bug when new born kittens and puppies do not use default eyes.

Children can get cereal from fridges

Timing Fix - fixes broken aging or aspiration decay or any other timed event not working in certain lots/neighborhoods.

Transparency Fix - will prevent Sims from randomly getting broken transparency.

Pie Menu Strings Text Fix - fixes broken pie menus plagued with redundant functions, grammar mistakes and missing translations.

Look at Me Now - makes your sims look straight at you. Useful for posed screenshots.

FX Cube Default Replacement - this is a small package with replacement for fx cube, that shows only in nhood decorating mode and disappear in other modes, so it’s very useful for skyboxes and skylines.

Less Square Water Lilies Default

Baby Bottles From Mini-Fridges - sims can now grab baby bottles from the University minifridge.

Listen to Music - allows your sim to listen to music from chairs/armchairs.

Ladybug Extender - now ladybug loft can protect more squares from the bugs in your garden.

Nobabyharassment - sims spend less time around toddlers/babies and don't try to bathe them for 57th time in  a row10. 

No Dishes in the Bathroom - sims will not autonomously wash the dishes in bathroom sinks.

No Corrupt Death - the formation of the corrupted death memory, as seen in gossip of the form "jagged lines", "tombstone", "dead Sim", is now suppressed.

No Drop Tired Baby - eliminates pointless dropping of tired babies and toddlers.

No Reassign - attempts by non-selectable sims to reassign workers are ignored. Managers and community lot owners will not be able to randomly reassign workers when not controllable.

No Road Pillows - sims may no longer hold pillowfights in the road: The target must nowbe in the same room, and a nearby bed in the room is required.

Studio Lamp - the best lighting for portraits.

Mixedup Background Rug - the plain background for portraits of your sims. Some recolours in Curiousb Colours + Aelia's Retro, Jewels and Autumn colours, Pooklet's Unnaturals + Anna's Colours + Nyren's Colours.

Basic CAS Background

Prettier Bubble Bath Texture Default

Level Numbers Added to Job Titles

Phonehack

Plant Fixes - seasonal maxis plants fixes + some texture defaults.

No More Stupid Werewolf Hair

No Maid Hair - allows female maids to spawn with a random hairstyle.

Buyable Aspiration and Career Rewards

"Select your cemetery" after sims died - fixes the bug when last sim died on apartment lot, his/her urn/tombstone is sended on random community lot.

Mirrors Go Down with Walls

“Ask Sim on Date” by Phone Want Fix - with this mod, the Ask [Sim] on Date want is not fulfilled when a Sim you ask out on date by phone rejects the invitation.

Couples Counseling Icon Fix - replaces the icon of the Learned Couples Counseling memory, which originally has broken transparency, with almost the same icon of the Reunited With [Sim] memory, which is not broken.

Crepes Suzette Fix - this mod fixes the serving plate with crepes suzette. By default, it looks empty when there’s one crepe on it, and a crepe shows up on it when it’s actually empty. Now, it looks empty if it’s empty, and a crepe shows up if there’s a crepe on it.

Exercise Bike Fix - fixes various problems with the Exerto Super Exercise Bike.

Glowing Computer Fix - turned off computers don’t glow as if they were turned on, each time you have loaded a lot, or taken them out of a Sim’s inventory.

Go Under Spiral Stairs - with this mod, Sims can go (and you can also place objects) under the highest part of newly bought spiral stairs.

 Half Wall Fixes - fixes meshes of half walls' rails and posts.

Insects Sanity - a bunch of mods that make insects sensitive to weather and environment, and make insect-related interactions more reasonable.

Jump Rope Outside.

Memories About Roommates Fix

No Greetings NPCs - gypsy matchmakers (from Nightlife) and Garden Club members (from Seasons) don't come to greet your Sims and present themselves whenever you play a particular family for the first time or right after you have installed an expansion pack that introduces one of those NPCs.

No University Aspiration Change - with this mod, the game doesn’t ask you if you want to change your Sim’s aspiration, right after they have finished their sophomore year.

Passers Dress Properly for Cold

Smooth Firefly Jar Light Animation

Basketball Fix - fixes the lot view of the basketball court.

Marriage Postmortem - the marriage "spouse" line is no longer automatically disconnected after death.

Functional Yoga Mat

 "AnyCounter" Espresso Bar Station - invisible espresso bar counter.

In-And-Out Invisible Pool Spot - sims can dive in the pool from the floor anytime they want : no need to go all the way to the ladder or diving board to get in the pool, they can also get out without a ladder, and big dogs can swim in the pool, too.

Visitors can't take from Money Tree

Eat More Talk Less - will completely bypass the conversation if the sims is in desperation for energy, hunger, fun or bladder, or is in a bad mood. Sims with maxed social will talk less.

Better Phone Messages - replaces the pointlessly nasty telephone messages with more courteous ones. It also adds the feature that when the sim you are calling isn't home because of work or school, it will tell you when they will return.

Diagonal Easel Mod

Maxis Premade Sim Templates Hider - hides Maxis sims templates in Bodyshop and CAS.

[niympha]

And Petal got her own room on the second floor.

[thesims4blogger]

EA Confirms New The Sims 4 Patch on February 27th, Shares “Laundry List”

On Wednesday, February 14th, EA shared a new Laundry List with bug fixes coming to The Sims 4, and also confirms the date for the next patch: February 27th.

These lists are usually shared within a week from a game update, so it’s uncommon that we get confirmation, for the bug fixes and also for the date of the patch, this early. Advertisement

Read their blog post below.

Sul Sul Simmers!

Welcome to this month’s Laundry List, where we share a list of the top community concerns we’re currently investigating and hope to resolve in an upcoming patch.

This is only a list of topics from AnswersHQ with upcoming fixes; there are more topics reported by players that are not listed and are still being worked on. This list is based on reports by players on Answers HQ and helps us continue our work on improving the user experience on a regular basis.

Please note that some topics can be tricky and may require an extended investigation on our end, so even though we are actively reviewing, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix in the upcoming patch.

Here’s the list of the community concerns we’re investigating and aiming to resolve in the next patch:

Holidays Only Appearing for Three Sims in Household

[CONSOLE] Unable to toggle wall tile placement type between room and single when using controller

Customer Service NPCs Don’t Spawn on Community Lots

Stuck on Residential Rental Lot type

Sims eating prepped ingredients as ‘eat leftovers’

Waffle Maker and Pizza Oven cause constant fires

Vegetarian: Plain Waffles give Violating Principals moodlets

Sims get stuck cooking/eating

Off-grid fridges drain power, can’t turn off utility usage

Save Error : 403:8e5010b7

Error code: 102/122:a0adad34

Can’t fish in winter

Nasi lemak looks nothing like real life dish

Reward Trait still available after purchase

Hoodie Makes Sim’s Eyes Bigger

Thank you for all your patience and valuable help in reporting! Please continue sharing with us any issues you’re experiencing on Answers HQ.

We’ll continue to check in, and together we can make this game the best it can be.

Happy Simming!

[goldie-s4]

|_Black ZigZag_| - Final Part + Tray files

Here's the final part of my project that contains wall panels used in all the build and the tray files for it! Note: Screenshots are taken in game using reshade. You can find more images for the set on my Instagram page.

Download link is at the end of the post!

Details for wall panels:

- HQ textures.

- All tested in game and base game compatible.

- 10-20 Swatches.

- Custom thumbnails.

- Very low polycount

- You can find the objects in game by typing (Goldie) or (Black Zigzag) in search.

- All panels are packed in a compressed file.

- If you find any issues with any of the objects, please let me know.

- Please read my t.o.u before downloading.

Details for the villa build:

- Lot size: 40 x 30  

- Interiors: 1 bedroom , 1 bathroom, a living, and a kitchen.  (two floors)

- Exteriors: A pool, a fountain, a fire pit area, outdoor dining, 3 outdoor living areas, and a garage.

- Style: All rooms are designed in a modern luxurous style with mostly black and dark colors, and the zigzag line was used as a design concept.

Note: For the build to look exactly like the screenshots, you have to download all the cc mentioned in this post and in the other parts' posts. Also keep in mind that I use k-hippie's texture replacements (links below). 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

CC Links for this part: ( I included a cc folder that contains cc for creators who allow including it, and cc that I couldn't find links for - Link for the folder is here)

Furniture:

Rug  -  Tv bench  -  wall art  -  wall art 2  -  floor decking  -  glass divider  -  wall shelf  -  blinds  -  geometric wood  -  oganesson shelf  -  boo bathroom toilet  -  avis kitchen cabinet  -  kitchen stove  -  avis microwave  -  ombre trash bin  -  marbella kitchen sink  -  sayuri sofa  -  round end table  -  teak coffee table  -  outdoor plants  -  grass terrain  -  side table  -  marble floor  -  grass  -  monoblock fence  -  glass fence  -  bush of roses  -  car  -  car 2  -  coffee table  -  floor lamp  -  double gate  -  swing  -  sofa  -  wall light lamp  -  wall light lamp 2  -  outdoor plant  -  bush

Clutter:

flemming soup  -  facial wash  -  AESOP care  -  hugo bath clutter  -  table mirror  -  toilet brush  -  table pics  -  kitchen glasses  -  kitchen plates  -  kitchen plates 2  -  kitchen plates 3  -  cakestand  -  mulled wine  -  outdoor pillows  -  face sculpture  -  ficus plant  -  raska orchid plant  -  vase plant

Please tell me if there is anything unclear or if there's any problem with anything related to the build!

CC credits: @cowbuild @blueteas @mincts4 @tilly-tiger @irinaseverinka @sims4luxury @syboubou @sundays-sims @simspirationbuilds @networksims @nynaevedesign @kerriganhouse @ts4novvvas @winner-9 @pinkbox-anye @heurrs @eniosta @hel-studio @felixandresims @simcredibledesigns @pralinesims @peacemaker-ic​ 

Many Thanks to all CC creators!!

Download Link , Patreon Early Access (Free on October 12)