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hi, i hope you've been well!! i was wondering if you plan on updating your tidy cas mod for the new tattoos UI ? have a great day :)

hmm I might actually remove them instead 🤔 since the new UI now separates tattoos based on their position, I don't think it's necessary to keep the labels since they're all separated now

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~ hide everything but headline effects (shader toggler update) ~

Updated my shader toggler setting after being suggested of this idea/feature by @surely-sims ~

This will hide all live mode UIs without hiding affecting the headline effects (which gets hidden if you use the tab mode).

Requires Reshade/Gshade and the Shader Toggler add-on. Works only on DX11.

Download the latest update on the main tumblr post below:

Patreon post here

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200~ files later and now all of my UI mods have been updated for the Business & Hobbies patch (version 1.113.277.xxxx) 🫠

grab em on patreon 👇

Chalk'd UI / tumblr post

Sims 2 UI / tumblr post

Pink UI

Blue UI

Purple UI

Beige UI

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hello! i wanted to check with you to see if clean ui needed an update or does it just crash my game when i go into live mode? i believe i followed all the dx11 instructions correctly but i could be wrong. thank you for all your hard work on your mods tho!

it'll need an update yeah, I just havent gotten myself to work on it yet

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hi! this is kinda specific, but do you happen to know which line has to be edit in the xml file in order for your frontglo v1 rim lightning to not have the darker shadow in the sims' lower half? i love it sm but i just wanted a clearer version for screenshots and can't figure out exactly what setting causes it to show

It's either the AmbientMin or AmbientMax value (whichever has the lower value)

Frontglo v2 and SimpleGlo are also alternatives you can use that doesn't have darker lighting on the lower half

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iz updated for businesses & hobbies patch 💼

New phone icons added for other mods (Basemental Gangs, SimHub for WickedWhims, YourFalseHope's Spa Wellness)

Fixed various UI issues relating to world select screen, CAS, Build Buy, live mode, and gallery. Also fixed the missing Life&Death heirloom option in the game options menu

Added recolors for the new UIs for the upcoming pack (family recipe, small business UI)

Renamed the splash/opening screen files to make them more distinguishable

grab it @ patreon & sfs

The Sims 4 Dark Mode 🌃 - Chalk'd UI [27 February 2025]

Hey all 👋 happy to share this TS4's UI overhaul project that I've been working on for the past month or so, just in time before the end of the year! I'd also like to thank you for following along the WIP posts of this project 😊 Enjoy! :]

Features

General Info

Mod Gallery | Changelogs (see on patreon post comment) Current version: updated for Businesses & Hobbies Patch ✅ Latest mod update: 27 February 2025 PC/Mac: 1.113.277.xxxx Older game versions will not work with this mod.

All major UIs have been properly recolored ^^ From now on, mod updates will focus solely on recoloring new UI elements and updating altered files on future game patches.

Some texts & UI elements will revert to blue due to mod conflict reasons, only if you remove the conflicting files.

Preview what the mod does in the linked mod gallery. Each image will display the associated package file that it's responsible for.

Download link found towards the end of this post.

To install:

// Main mod

Before installing/updating, remove any old versions of Chalk'd UI whenever there's a new mod update and clear your caches.

Download & extract the Chalk'd UI zip file within your Mods folder.

Install the latest UI Cheats Extension mod and make sure it loads after the Chalk'd UI mod (if not, a lot of texts will remain blue). Current version needed: v1.47

Read the README file located in 00_Additional Files folder and remove files if you use any conflicting mods. You can go to the Known Conflicts section to see which mods are affected.

// Others

Main Menu Override - now separated from the main mod.

Loading screen: download only one loading screen file found in the SFS folder.

Opening screen: file to replace the intro TS4 screen. Choose the file that pertains to your game language.

Phone icon addons for other mods: pick & choose depending on which mod you use.

EA Notif: optional file if you prefer to keep the notification in its original color scheme.

Mod Compatibility Info

// Fully Compatible ✅

UI Cheats Extension by weerbesu - original mod required

Fully compatible w/ UI Cheats Extension v1.47. To avoid any issues, keep the original mod in your mods folder (both .package and .ts4script) and have it load after the Chalk'd UI mod.

// Compatible

Mods listed below currently works with my UI override as I don't modify the files present in them. If you happen to come across conflicts, do let me know ^^

Better BuildBuy by TMEX

Remove Sims from Conversation by thepancake1

Color Sliders by thepancake1

More Column in CAS by weerbesu

// Known Conflicts ❌

All identified files that conflict with other mods have been placed in the 00_Additional Files folder. You can keep/remove files if you choose to use the conflicting mods. Instructions on what to do will be found in the README text file.

UI overhaul mods (Dskecht's UI mods, Sims 2 UI)

Main menu mods (Minimalist Main Menu, Skip Main Menu, TMEX's Clean UI, and other similar mods)

No Map Lot Outlines by MizoreYukii

More Traits in CAS by thepancake1 / Custom wrench icons

Better Cheats Console by TMEX

More Rentals by TMEX

TOOL by TMEX

Searchable menu mods by TMEX (inventory, save menu, pose player, etc.)

Smarter Pie Menu by TMEX

Phone icon override

Credits/Resources

S4Studio, UI Texture Squasher (CmarNYC), Image Viewer (luniversims), JPEXS Flash Decompiler

Loading screen tut, splash/opening screen, UI/world map override tut, UI setup, phone icon resources by xosdr

Base files from the UI Cheats Extension mod (weerbesu)

📂 DOWNLOAD .zip

SimFileShare / Patreon

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hey! i love your work. i just found your dark UI mod a and i LOVE it. it broke with the latest patch, do you know when you'll get around to fixing it? thank you 🖤

still working on it :-) this update broke quite a lot of UIs (29 different UIs broke to be exact + 6 new UI files added for the new pack, more than the lovestruck patch) so it's taking me longer to go thru them 🫠

(good news tho, only the new UIs are left, so it shouldn't take me too long)

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Would u consider releasing TS4 - Sims 2 style cursors as a separate mod? I really like the sims 2 ui, but I want to keep my dark mode, but also have the sims 2 cursor style if possible.

hi! the cursor is already available as a separate file you can download ^^

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Hi! If I want to replace the main menu logo like you did with your Chalk'd logo, how would I go about doing that? I tried but am just getting a llama icon no matter what I do.

Hi! for it to work, you need to export it with DDS. I'm not sure what the right settings is in photoshop, but if you have GIMP, export it as DDS and select Compression as None.

in S4S, it tells you what kind of format you need to export the image as, because if you don't import your image with the right kind of format, it shows the llama icon instead. I believe this happens the most to UI-related textures, so for non-UI mods like CCs, I don't think it matters much (except for normal maps / specular maps / maybe swatch icons?)

some examples regarding the image format:

^ for the logo, it displays as RGBA8, which is DDS with no compression (other compression examples being DXT1 / DXT5)

^ image required must be exported as DXT1 without mip maps. If I were to import with png, it just won't show up.

^ left is the original file format, which is DXT5. The right, which I imported with a png, shows a DXT5 with mip maps enabled. Sometimes importing w/ png works, sometimes not. If importing with a png shows the llama texture, then you can refer to the original texture to see what you should export your image as.

hope it helps!

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feeling inspired from all the screenshots i see 🫣

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Updated to have the dynamic background disabled so that you can use custom backgrounds again, all thanks to lunarbritney's mod which I used as a base ^0^ also, I've added The Sims 2 main menu overrides into the mix!

Main Menu Mods

Hey all :-) while updating my UI mods and playing around with the new main menu file, I got a couple ideas and decided to put up a new post since I'll be separating the main menu overrides from my UI recolor mods, as well as putting up smaller mods for you to download.

UPDATE 30/01: all RemoveClutter mods and main menu overrides have been updated to remove the dynamic background that was added on 28/01 so you can use custom backgrounds again. Thanks to LunarBritney for providing the mod to do so, which I used as a base :-)

Small Mods

most of these can be used with other main menu overrides!

#1 - Hide News in Main Menu

So I figured out a way to permanently hide the news section from the main menu while also keeping the picture of your sims and DLC store page intact. Since I didn't edit the main menu file (gameentrylauncher gfx), this can be used with other overrides that did not remove the news section themselves ^^ Can be used with any main menu mods.

#2 - Remove Clutter from Main Menu (w/ several options) 

Remove things you don't want to see in the main menu with this mod :-) Can work with any main menu overrides if they only add custom backgrounds. It will however conflict with any overrides that include/edit the gameentrylauncher UI file.

#3 - Sketchy UI 

A redraw of the plumbob icon, The Sims logo, and some UI elements :) Also part of my Chalk'd main menu mod.

Main Menu Overrides

// Chalk'd UI

comes in two versions: with and without board. Matches with Chalk'd loading screen mods.

// Sims 2 UI

comes in two versions: v1 inspired by TS2 loading screen, v2 by the world selection menu. Matches with Sims 2 UI mod screens. (one extra override still in the works :-))

~ more on the way (will have its own post when i upload more :-))

📂 download & file details @ patreon

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Hi! Im so sorry to ask this but im not a modder and the only mod i ever made was for myself its a main menue background replacement thing i just swapped the pictures but now i don't know how to Update them so they would work with the new patch and ..i cant find any info on that from anyone :( im very shy and im very scared to ask but you are my favorite simblr and you are so nice so perhaps i can ask you to please show how would one update such cc? Thank you so much 🥹❤️

Hi! unfortunately I've not figured out how to fix it myself 😔 but! lunarbritney did recently update one of his mods so that custom backgrounds can be used again, which you can find here:

(just so you know, it will also resize the image of the sim)

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all pastel ui mods have been updated ~_~

these UIs have been recolored: screenshot manager/viewer, aspiration, career, skills, and relationship panels. the dialog popup has also been fixed!

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Updated for the 25th Birthday Patch~ ✅

made 2 new main menu overrides with one left still in the works that may or may not also be made into a CAS background ✨

some other things to note:

SFS link has not been updated yet.

Main menu files are no longer included in the main mod and instead can be downloaded separately.

download Sims 2 UI & main menu override @ patreon

enjoy 🫡

The Sims 2 Inspired UI for The Sims 4

After making my own UI override, I've been itching to look back in time and try to recreate The Sims 2 UI in TS4, and here it is!

I tried to capture the look & feel as best as possible, so I hope you can enjoy this mod and reminisce a bit c:

General Info

Changelogs Current version: updated for 25th Birthday Patch ✅ Latest mod update: 26 January 2025 PC/Mac: 1.112.481.xxxx Older game versions than the ones listed will not work with this mod.

UI overhaul in the style of The Sims 2's UI.

Over 500+ additional icons recolored for CAS & BuildBuy!

Sims 2 style cursor recolors.

Most text are kept in their original color, though they might get changed/updated down the line.

To install:

// Main mod

Before installing/updating, remove any old versions of Sims 2 UI whenever there's a new mod update and clear your caches.

Download & extract the zip file within your Mods folder.

Install the latest UI Cheats Extension mod and make sure it loads after the Sims 2 UI mod. Current version needed: v1.45

// Extras

Main Menu Override - now separated from the main mod.

Loading screen: download only one loading screen file. Available in: 4:3 - 16:9 - 16:10 aspect ratio.

Opening screen: file to replace the intro TS4 screen. Choose the file that pertains to your game language.

Phone icon addons: pick & choose depending on which mod you use.

TS2 Cursor: recolored TS4 cursor to match with TS2's cursor. Unfortunately, some cursors are missing their recolors (rotate cam & grab+arrows in CAS).

EA Notif: optional file if you prefer to keep the notification in its original color scheme.

Mod-related Info

// Recommended mods for more immersion:

CAS overrides: bodyshop room & icon + CAS organizers, TS2 room by simsi45

buildbuy gizmo override (outline mesh + ts2 swatch)

TS2 buildbuy boundary box texture override

TS2 font & want sound replacement by thepancake1

TS2 music for TS4 by buurz

Map replacement by 20thcenturyplumbob

Taxi mod & sound override (same object as the loading screen taxi)

// Compatible Mods ✅

UI Cheats Extension by weerbesu - original mod required

Fully compatible w/ UI Cheats Extension v1.45. To avoid any issues, keep the original mod in your mods folder (both .package and .ts4script) and have it load after the Sims 2 UI mod.

Other major mods are also compatible (BetterBuildBuy, TOOL, More Traits in CAS, etc.)

// Known Conflicts ❌

UI overhaul mods (Chalk'd UI, Dskecht's UI mods)

Main menu mods (Minimalist Main Menu, Skip Main Menu, TMEX's Clean UI, and other similar mods)

Custom wrench icons

Searchable menu mods by TMEX (Better Inventory, Searchable Pose Player, Searchable Restaurant Menu, and Smarter Save Menu)

Smarter Pie Menu by TMEX (choose between standalone or compatible version)

Phone icon override

Credits/Resources

S4Studio, UI Texture Squasher (CmarNYC), Image Viewer (luniversims), JPEXS Flash Decompiler

Loading screen tut, splash/opening screen, UI/world map override tut, UI setup, phone icon resources by xosdr

Base files from the UI Cheats Extension mod (weerbesu)

📂 DOWNLOAD .zip

SimFileshare / Patreon

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i don't know if i'm going to do it myself but an idea if anyone finds it interesting👀 a pose override for the family portrait so it looks like ts2's to fit with my main menu override

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Doechii "Denial Is A River" posters inspired by The Sims 2 Advertisements

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Main Menu Mods

Hey all :-) while updating my UI mods and playing around with the new main menu file, I got a couple ideas and decided to put up a new post since I'll be separating the main menu overrides from my UI recolor mods, as well as putting up smaller mods for you to download.

UPDATE 30/01: all RemoveClutter mods and main menu overrides have been updated to remove the dynamic background that was added on 28/01 so you can use custom backgrounds again. Thanks to LunarBritney for providing the mod to do so, which I used as a base :-)

Small Mods

most of these can be used with other main menu overrides!

#1 - Hide News in Main Menu

So I figured out a way to permanently hide the news section from the main menu while also keeping the picture of your sims and DLC store page intact. Since I didn't edit the main menu file (gameentrylauncher gfx), this can be used with other overrides that did not remove the news section themselves ^^ Can be used with any main menu mods.

#2 - Remove Clutter from Main Menu (w/ several options) 

Remove things you don't want to see in the main menu with this mod :-) Can work with any main menu overrides if they only add custom backgrounds. It will however conflict with any overrides that include/edit the gameentrylauncher UI file.

#3 - Sketchy UI 

A redraw of the plumbob icon, The Sims logo, and some UI elements :) Also part of my Chalk'd main menu mod.

Main Menu Overrides

// Chalk'd UI

comes in two versions: with and without board. Matches with Chalk'd loading screen mods.

// Sims 2 UI

comes in two versions: v1 inspired by TS2 loading screen, v2 by the world selection menu. Matches with Sims 2 UI mod screens. (one extra override still in the works :-))

~ more on the way (will have its own post when i upload more :-))

📂 download & file details @ patreon