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[windslar]

So I made a wheel of Sims Scenarios to spice up your gameplay, come up with backstories for your OCs, and give you extra goals for your legacies or challenges. Most of the scenarios are focused on relationships among romantic partners, family members, or friends. Scenarios range from anywhere as simple as tropes like 'Enemies to Lovers' to more specific such as 'One parent's poor financial decisions result in a family's eviction'. For the most part, the scenarios are PG-rated and don't explicitly mention adult themes, but feel free to expand on the scenario in your own gameplay so you can explore those themes as you so wish. There are over 150 different scenarios and counting. And I'm open to suggestions.

Since I tend to play more family-style gameplay, all of the scenarios have human sims in mind. If there's interest, I do hope to expand it in the future to include occult-specific scenarios.

If you use the Sims Scenarios wheel in your gameplay, I would love to see these scenarios played out so tag your posts (or just your initial post) with #sims-scenarios

[pixeletinha]

The following weeks were quiet, Thea and I were not speaking and when there was a moment we saw each other in front or in the backyard we did not even look at each other. We acted like strangers. The first days were strange; she acted as if I was not there. When we were living back in Sunset Valley we also did not really speak to each other, only if we needed to. So it was not completely new to me, that we were not talking.

Only this time, Thea decided to treat me as if I did not exist. I tried to greet her when our paths crossed, but she looked right through me. It hurt, but I was not a little girl anymore thus I played along and did the same to her. I was primarily occupied with reading, I brought so many books from Sunset Valley that I've never got a chance to read thus now I had plenty of time. I was also getting to know the neighborhood, we did not have any neighbors in our area, it was just us. Few kilometers further were different farms and family houses but around us was just lots of green. It was very quiet around here, but nicely quiet. The city centre was small and cozy and everybody was very welcoming about having a new generation of the Wilkins family. I really liked it around here and my sister's attitude could not break me. I felt happiness..

Also worth mentioning that I found a job at a local "gossip magazine" - Rivers of Tea. It was not my first choice but I needed a job and an experience. I am a fresh graduate with some internship experience, I do not have the luxury to say 'no'. On the bright side, my boss is Hannah Jones. The name probably does not immediately ring a bell but I came across her name in the Sunset Journal a couple of times and also even saw her book in the Sunset Valley bookstore. Even though it was on the lowest shelf, it was an honor to have a first boss who managed to have her column printed out in other town's journals or even having her own book. From what I've heard she is very respected in Riverview.

[simsmimi70]

Bella Goth is a multitasker! Burping her great-grandchild and keeping up with simblr!

[rachelsimsccfinds]

My new and favorite OC. This is Rowan Emberglow ✨

I’m actually considering sharing her story here but I’m not sure which is the preferred way. For storytelling simblr do you enjoy little text of what’s happening with the screenshots or more of novel like storytelling of dialogues with the screenshots?

[virsancte]

accidentally got too attached to a sim i was gonna kill for story purposes so now i'm slowly cluttering the room i said i wouldn't touch to avoid exactly this LOL. full creds to comfys for the original lot.

[pralinesims]

...aaand back to the grind 📺

[invisiblequeen]

I Recommend These Active Sim Stories:

Langerak Legacy

Laandgraab Generations Legacy

Things Fall Apart

Clawcrest Legacy

Girls With Guns

The Grand Occult Baking Championship

The Stephens Continued

Failing At Romance 101

Wifey

[itssimplythesims]

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

[sarcasticratsims]

Sam had to help half-drag half-carry Roy over to the tub while he looked for clean towels...

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[cinamun]

Cooking, laughing, loving | Next

[prxnce]

The Love Letter Save V.2 from: Prxnce

finally... its been just over a year since v.1 and just about 2 years since i started crafting this what is the love letter save? the love letter save is... a love letter to my childhood which mainly revolved around the sims *shocker* and various shows/movies etc. this save file embraces the idea that the sims 4 takes place on an alternate timeline... combining and altering the storylines from previous sims installments. i brought a TON of families from all previous sims games with some of their original lore and some twists of my own.

in the save bella goth is still missing... or she was... the beakers have a test subject, except it's claire ursine's love child with jared frio in this timeline. the caliente sisters are still up to no good! and the monty's still hate the capp family! and sooooo much more... i want to give a special thanks to LifeSimmer, who permitted me to use the Fenderson family in this save. i have been playing the sims since i was 9 years old and all these years later that family is just as special to my inner sims child as the goth family.

i made separate posts for pictures of the towns which you can find HERE same for the townies through the series of ten posts pt. 1 | pt.2 | pt.3 | pt.4 | pt.5| pt.6 | pt.7| pt.8| pt.9| pt.10

before you download!!!

i highly recommend going into your MCCC settings and TURNING OFF sim culling. what this will do is prevent the game from deleting unplayed sims as you play. which i didn't until after v.1 and was confused why i had to start from scratch around 9 months ago.

what packs are required?

all of them! (sorry)

no cc!

when you load in!!!

all households will be marked as played... simply because i wasn't taking my chances with sim culling

autonomy and aging are off, it is up to you if you would like to turn this back on

finally i am sure that i missed some things or relationships or maybe even forgot a mailbox somewhere... that is bound to happen with every save file. let me know if you would like i plan on only adding as the sims 4 goes on and would to get to near perfection

and with that that... i am sending all love... please enjoy V.2

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[greenplumbboblover]

Not-a-tutorial - Lighting (Basics)

I really loved @nocturnalazure Storytelling tips, and figured I'd add one more chapter that I, personally, feel can be helpful to add the mood or maybe a bit more 🌶 to your pictures! (with or without reshade ;))

But first, go check out these tips by Nocturnalazure!

Camera Shots

Dialogues Part I

Dialogues Part II

Things to note before beginning:

This technique can be used with and without reshade/gshade/sweetfx or even editing images. (but I would recommend it!)

Make sure you're playing with at least "Lighting and Shadows" to highest settings. Otherwise this won't work.

All of the images in this post have been taken without being edited/haven't used reshade/gshade for them. (So, just the good ol' C button 😉)

A lighting mod can already go a long way! So, if you haven't yet, go find one before reading!

All Base Game compatible! No EPs/SPs needed

I'm in no way a colourist! But it may be cool to check the science behind it if you want to go more advanced on this :)

And with that said... let's get to it!

What do we need?

1. "Wall Area Light 1x1", (since it's simpler for sims)

You can find it under BuyDebug on (But first make sure you have Testingcheatsenabled true on!).

Pssst! I would recommend adding it to a catalogue! I made a "story" catalogue and added it so it's much easier to find it!

How to use lighting, the very basics:

Here we have Lolita Goth, outside with no lighting except for the world's.

Not to bad, eh? Well. there are a few reasons why we want to add lights to this scene.

Lolita's face is quite dark.

The reader will be very focused on the background AND the sim. (I personally keep looking at the bench, and less at Lolita right now.)

It's interesting, partially because of the lighting mod installed, but we can make it even more appealing.

NOTE: These techniques will work no matter if your sim is facing the sun or facing away from the sun! The results will always be the same with the lights.

Setup:

The basic setup is simple! You'll need 3 lights. One behind your sim(s), one sideways and one in front.

Back light = used for darker colours (blue, red, green, purple, orange)

Sub light = Used as helper colour for Back light. Can remove if not necessary. (helper in the sense of: Backlight is blue, adding purple can help being more interesting).

Front light = always white, flame, orange.

An example with the 3 lights used.

Setup:

Backlight = Red

Sub-light = Orange

Front Light = White

Why can't I just use the front light?

While it's not a bad approach in certain scenes, often the result is a bit too... tense:

(Left is with backlighting, right is with only front-light).

Personally I find the left image much more appealing, and more interesting to look at. But if trhe right picture is more your cup of tea, the feel free to use it!

Here's an example with the same principle but at night:

(Left is with backlighting, right is with only front-light).

Here, I think it shows it even more, how nice backlights can make something more captivating!

Now that we know about the basics of setting up our scenes... Let's get into the details a bit more!

How to use lighting for nighttime (Outdoors):

Here we got a scene with Lolita and Gunther Goth in a dark spooky graveyard, having a gothic-y picnick. In-game, this is the lighting setup as of right now:

It's lit up enough, right? While in regular gameplay this is definetly true, in a story setup we can actually make this much more interesting! But before that, here's our scene image:

The thing though is... while there is light, currently the eyes aren't drawn to Lolita's face at all:

So... how do we fix this?

There are a few ways. But all require our Wall Area Light!

Setup 1:

One light can go a long way! In this instance, I added only one light, and used "Dimmed" so it still shows as if they're in the dark. (To select different light settings, use Shift + Click to see them ;))

There are scenes where this would be enough (though, having 2 facing from different directions would work better), it dosn't really in this instance.

The problem, however, is that it almost feels like there's a spotlight that is facing them. The scene may have got a bit more interesting (as we are more focused on Lolita's face), but just isn't there yet.

Setup 2:

By adding in a blue colour, facing the back and a little bit the front of our subject(s) we get a much more "fake" nightlight representation.

Though, a few thoughts here:

While in this scene I personally liked making the back colours blue, we can always experiment a little and change one of the blue into purple!

Now, the part of Lolita's face that isn't blue, we do want a non-blue colour. For this, I like to cycle through the following colours:

White

Flame

Orange

(Rarely! But sometimes red).

See result here:

This all depends on your preference, and if you want a deeper colour. Or maybe, to even set a certain dramatic effect! (this is where red may be nicer).

Make sure to also play around with the intensity settings of each light! This can really change things up!

Currently, I've set up the intensities like so:

Blue 1 = Bright

Blue 2 = Bright

Orange/white/flame/red = Dim

Though, if Blue 2 is purple for you, I'd recommend setting this one to normal or even dim.

How to use lighting for Daylight (Outdoors):

This one is much easier, and more straightforward! While backlighting is important here as well, it's less of a necessity in this setting.

Okay! So you've posed all the characters, set up objects, etc... and now we're ready for the lighting! Here's what I currently have:

Not bad, not bad at all without any lights... but what if we add them!

Here I added a White-dimmed light.

Better! In fact, if this is the kind of lighting you want in your scene, then feel free to leave it here!

What about a little more complicated lighting... sort of what we did with our night scene?

Here the left light is a white-dimmed light, and on the right we got a orange dimmed light.

it's not much, but it definitely added a nice shade to the scene! :)

Let's get to how we do this same thing, but indoors!

[lynzishell]

The Future 🩶 Home

The Present ❤️ Selvadorada

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Transcript below the cut:

???: Papa, réveille-toi

Atlas: What? You? ???: [nods] Atlas: Where’s Ash? ???: Right there.

Atlas: Ash? Asher: [stirring] Hm?

Asher: Sadie, what are you doing up, kiddo? Sadie: I had a scary dream. Asher: Awh, do you wanna talk about it? Sadie: No. Asher: Okay, do you want me to tuck you in? Sadie: Yeah.

Asher: Okay, come on. We have to be quiet, though. Don’t want to wake up your brother.

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Atlas: [gasps] Ash?!! Asher: Out here.

Asher: You hear that? Atlas: Hear what? Asher: The falls. You were right. We were just turned around; they’re over that way. We almost went in the opposite direction. Atlas: You’re… are you feeling okay? Asher: Yeah. A little sore and in desperate need of a shower, but otherwise, I’m good.

Atlas: Thank god. Asher: Are you feeling okay? Atlas: Yeah. I think so.

Asher: What’s wrong? Atlas: Did we…? Do you remember anything? Asher: Like what? Atlas: I… We… Um, y’know what, it’s nothing. Must’ve been a dream. It was just so… real. Asher: Let’s pack up and get out of here. You’ll feel better once we eat and get cleaned up. Atlas: Yeah, you’re probably right.

Atlas: Hey Ash? Asher: Yeah? Atlas: When we get married, how would you feel about me taking your name? Asher: You mean like hyphenate or?

Atlas: No, I mean, what if I just change my name to Atlas Goode? Asher: You want to do that? Atlas: Yeah, I do. The thing is, the Stephens name is the only thing left tying me to my past, and I don’t want to carry it anymore. They’re not my family. The Goodes are my family, you are my family. Asher: Oh Atlas, that’s really touching. Yes, of course, I would love that.

Asher: We better get back quick if we’re going to find somewhere to get married before we catch our flight tonight. Atlas: Are you serious? We’re really doing it today? Asher: Either that or we’re getting each other’s names tattooed on our asses. Your pick. Atlas: Pourquoi pas les deux? Asher: [laughs] I fucking love you! Atlas: I love you too.

[simsmimi70]

I may be a vanilla simmer, but my Sims are still messy. Muckleberry juice causes a mess.

[circusjuney]

happy pride month from me and the little gay people in my computer <3 🏳‍🌈

[deathbypufferfish]

It's time to say goodbye, not only for Haru, but to gen 3! Thank you for coming along! On to the next generation!