#Compressor 4

[onlylivingboyinsanmyshuno]

she's a honky tonk angel

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[elgiusa]

ELGi’s EN Series oil-lubricated screw air compressors are compact and energy-efficient, with models ranging from 4 to 50 horsepower. ELGi EN Series oil-lubricated screw air compressors are also available in various configurations.

[marticoresims]

USEFUL SOFTWARE FOR THE SIMS 2

This is a list of programs that will make your life easier if you're an avid Sims 2 player. Click on program titles to get download links.

SimPE The most known software for The Sims 2 that lets you edit package files. You can do basic stuff like rename a Sim, change family name, edit Sims' genetics as well as edit/create mods. Don't use if you have no idea what you're doing, watch a tutorial first or back up your neighborhood beforehand in case you mess something up! The newest version also has a terrain editor.

Sims2Pack Clean Installer The best program for installing downloaded lots and Sims. Those don't just go into Downloads, you need to install them!

Hood Checker This program checks neighborhood references and can clean out ones that are broken. Also useful for bringing back lost graves (it's still good to have NoUnlinkOnDelete).

HCDU Plus The Hack Conflict Detector Utility lets you scan your Downloads folder to check if you have any mods that edit the same aspect of the game, so can potentially be in conflict. Also useful to navigate which mods load first (load order is important for some mods to work).

What Caused This When you have 'testingcheats' on, the game gives you error messages if there's something going on. Not all of them mean there's a serious problem, but What Caused This can help you navigate what the source is. Upload the log file (Documents/EA/TS2/Logs) in the program, give it your Downloads folder and it will scan it to look for the culprit. Might give you straighforward information on which mod conflict caused the issue or that you lack Smarter EP Check for a mod that requires it.

The Compressorizer You can compress your Downloads to take up less space.

Delphy's Download Organiser You can filter your files to a certain category, scan for orphans (files that don't fully work if other files are missing, such as meshes), duplicates, and clean up your Downloads folder in an easier way than trying to track it inside the folder manually.

Outfit Organiser You downloaded CC clothes that the creator marked as outerwear but you think they don't fit in that category? With this program you can quickly change that! It's also doable in SimPE, but Outfit Organiser is a lot easier to use.

CPack Editor If you want to make plastic surgery genetic, there's no need to do it manually in SimPE, especially if it's more than one Sim. In CPack Editor, you just choose your neighborhood's folder, run the program, and it changes ALL surgery faces in that neighborhood to genetic!

Lot Adjuster This program lets you edit already existing lots. If you want a smaller or bigger lot than possible in-game, you can do it here! Also great for creating pavilions or row houses that are all separate lots, as you can get rid of the 2-tile border separating buildings by making the lots smaller and copying them.

Lifespan Builder A simple online tool by Lazy Duchess that lets you make your own custom lifespan without SimPE! You just put the numbers in and download a ready mod. Note: the number in game files is always 1 day shorter than it shows in the Sim's age bar, so example: if you want the toddler stage to be 5 days in-game (as in, it shows "5 days away" after growing up from a baby), you need to put in 4.

[simtanico]

Another refresh of some older contacts of mine. I really loved how the originals turned out, but I have the hindsight now to know they were too dark! And my style has somewhat brightened over the years as well. I think this version of the contacts are easily darkened and brightened and a lot more versatile because they're RECOLORABLE NOW.

1024px (as before, I used actual ref pics and they weren’t super HQ/clear)

Three channels Non-recolorable for presets 1 & 2 (use to lighten/darken eyes!) Recolorable for preset 3 & 4. 

Compressorized

Male & Female ~ Toddler - Elder // Disabled for Random // Thumbnails included

Credits: Bioware for the texture I used as a sclera base; the legend, Kyle; TSRW

Please adhere to my TOU (emphasis on NO REUPLOADING)

Notes: The sim shown utilizes the aWT Eye Mesh Fix by Buhudain & the iris slider. The iris was not complete in the reference, so if there’s a slight texture change when you make the iris/eyeball too small, that’s why.

Download: https://simfileshare.net/download/5440474/ (SimFileShare) | Mirror

[zena-dew-drop]

Here is my own edit of Lindasims solarium, sims will lie down inside and after some time emerge with a tan and it lights up. Don't send them back in if they already have a tan! It will start a fire!

I edited the mesh down from 14k polys to just over 7k so it's not as smooth as Linda's but I wasn't bothered by that, I also remapped it so it now has one main 1024x1024 texture instead of 4(!) so texture quality has also been lost but again, I wasn't bothered by that. The two aqua trim retextures are my own, I wanted to make a gaudy gold one too but haven't gotten around to it yet.

I also added a small amount of fitness enthusiasm gain after getting a tan, but it's much lower than exercise equipment because, well, you're lying down :p but maybe your bodybuilders/health nuts will appreciate it :)

Costs 3000 simoleons and is found in plumbing/misc and electronics/misc, all compressorized.

I'm gonna say it requires BV for the tan overlay and FT for the enthusiasm but Linda didn't really go into requirements...

Credits: Lindasims and I'm gonna credit Numenor because I suspect she cloned his original tanning bed or at least used his lighting for this.

PHEW! DOWNLOAD

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OK. All the blogs in this special round 0 are under the cut. Every odd number is against the even below it. We'll see how tumblr feels about the bracket image this time, but I'm not posting it until this round 0 is over.

Due to not wanting to spam your feeds and also the tumblr post limit (there are 253 polls this round!), I will be spreading these out via the queue, posting 50 a day.

1: hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

2: flareon-fanart-collection

3: the-compressor

4: rat-detector-but-evil

5: cantheywinthehungergames

6: official-fluffy-posts

7: would-you-punt-them

8: dailyhomestarfacts

9: ominous-signs

10: rat-detector-24

11: throckmorton-the-skater

12: dailytricksterfox

13: identifying-dogs

14: disappointed-by-lack-of-soup

15: identifying-cat-phenotypes

16: the-real-yahoo-mail

17: alphabetcompletionist

18: guillotinema

19: bocchidaily2024

20: the-official-netherlands

21: makingyourfavesinwebfishing

22: rat-detector-detector-detector

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24: posts-i-saw-on-wikipedia

25: elvis-official

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38: mysticmagicrat

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41: cantheykillmacbeth

42: is-this-shakespearean-accurate

43: bear-detector

44: inside-outtakes-daily

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46: the-demonhaj

47: cat-spotted

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59: really-fucked-up-stimboards

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65: pointless-achievements

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68: twopartposts

69: creatures-in-posts

70: not-a-trampoline-daily

71: echo-flower-from-undertale

72: e-counter

73: is-the-post-reliable

74: the-magentahaj

75: the-timeloop-tourney

76: friend-myth-kill

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79: ginger-ale-official

80: is-this-fascism

81: official-boob-posts

82: los-camp-daily

83: yesterdays-xkcd

84: earth-updates-today

85: rat-detector

86: fuck-you-in-particular

87: making-you-in-ponytown

88: i-shelve-posts

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92: stereosexuals-daily

93: does-this-require-cyanobacteria

94: rat-detector-333

95: mammalidentifier

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97: kittybroker

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100: pokemonbattletournament

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103: postsofbabel

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105: drawing-you-as-a-critter

106: incorrectconspiracytheorist

107: arewebeholdingaman

108: the-official-chaldea

109: lowpolyanimals

110: the-real-will-wood-daily

111: i-want-tennis-ball

112: united-states-health-care

113: snailifier

114: locked-in-or-tweaking

115: the-purple-painter

116: the-actual-catacombs

117: rick-roller

118: identifying-spacecraft-in-posts

119: parappa-raps

120: inthetags

121: little-bitch-detector

122: elitegreet

123: blood-heritage-posts

124: words-that-could-be-jtoh-towers

125: scp-threats-is-back

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127: fake-post-archive

128: ratdectector23

129: one-time-i-dreamt

130: could-they-win-a-holy-grail-war

131: shirtsthatgohard

132: rhinoceros-beetle-official

133: tf2heritageposts

134: pokemon-cards-hourly

135: everydayspamton

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137: in-the-bible

138: fav-character-shroin-count

139: identifying-horses-in-posts

140: cactus-detector

141: peoplegettingkindamadatfood

142: spirit-phone-daily

143: official-mantis-shrimp-posts

144: rat-detector-236

145: whatcoloristhatcat

146: rat-eliminator

147: identifying-maille-weaves

148: the-lilahaj

149: things-that-are-not-true

150: ratdetector-x26

151: terriblerealestateagentphotos

152: in-case-i-die-daily

153: hellsite-proteins

154: good-pokemon-center-reviews

155: how-many-letters

156: characters-with-garlic-bread

157: same-picture-of-a-rock-every-day

158: costcopizzablog

159: shrimpradar

160: do-you-know-this-adhd-character

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162: shakespearean-suffering

163: the-firey-painter

164: official-wasp-posts

165: identifying-birds

166: pale-fur-my-moirail

167: carbon-monoxide-detector

168: out-of-context-tbcu

169: sealsdaily

170: a-counter

171: counter-facts-i-just-made-up

172: linguistwho

173: validwarriorcatsnames

174: the-litenhaj

175: i-type-things

176: fr-winn-dixie

177: hellsite-hall-of-fame

178: official-hater-posts

179: miscellaneous-marios

180: content-free

181: eroticismofthemachinedetector

182: weeklycandacedrawings

183: asciicompletionist

184: the-rosahaj

185: my-hobby-is-finding-the-source

186: anarchist-chess

187: the-hex-project

188: would-you-eat-them

189: apolladay

190: hajtale

191: evilwizard

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194: official-knight-posts

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239: dear-ao3

240: daily-pokemon-polls

241: googlyeyesonmagiccards

242: totally-france

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244: neilcicierega-daily

245: rat-detector-detector

246: i-give-you-a-manul

247: xkcd-for-that

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249: who-jumps-for-the-beef

250: ace-attorney-smash-or-pass

251: making-you-in-spore

252: binas-official

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254: rat-detector-redacted

255: couldtheycatchkira

256: connection-terminated-blog

257: identifying-typewriters-in-posts

258: ratdetector13

259: post-store

260: unitedstatesoffandom

261: booktomoviebrawl

262: same-picture-of-benson-every-day

263: bestanimal

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265: secondbeatsongs

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338: cookieclickercookieeater

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342: duothelingo

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347: fixing-bad-posts

348: starskids-twisted-daily

349: the-icy-painter

350: rat-detector-the-26th

351: jesus-holding-your-fave

352: goodpokeaniscreencaps

353: making-you-in-lps

354: finding-tv-girl

355: is-destiel-canon-yet

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357: it-hurts-to-post

358: rat-detector-seven

359: aistobascistod

360: nether-have-i-ever

361: shit-hdb-would-say

362: objectum-culture-is

363: hitboxesonstockimages

364: black-parade-daily

365: howdotheyliketheirsteak

366: lemondemonlyrics-daily

367: its-wednesday-sparkle-on

368: king-of-the-gods-zeus

369: certifiednewyorkposts

370: jeweledmonstera

371: todaysbird

372: south-carolina-detector

373: the-disempunctuationer

374: scale-polls

375: theyshapedlikefriends

376: big-mayo-official

377: elementcattos

378: massachusetts-official

379: theshitpostcalligrapher

380: hawaii-part-ii-daily

381: fish-identifier

382: the-universe-devs

383: identifying-cars-in-art

384: snake-spotted

385: banjobebleping

386: rat-detector-the-21st

387: relevant-wikipedia-articles

388: noahbaumbachmaritalstatus

389: shark-detector

390: rat-detector36

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393: peeledpokemon

394: bad-time-analogies

395: bovineblogger

396: the-eldritch-skrackhaj

397: periodiccompletionist

398: soniclesbianflags

399: ohio-thestate

400: fakest-thickwoman

401: bible-word-counter

402: rat-detector-the-18th

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405: three-dee-ess

406: salem-village-everyday

407: the-frightening-ghoul

408: cool-rocks-official

409: bugthingsdaily

410: how-much-yellow

411: is-it-out-of-touch-thursday

412: ditto-dex

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414: how-many-purples

415: thefoilguy

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417: whatsthebird

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420: thingsthatcannotsaveyou

421: what-day-of-the-week

422: jamface-daily

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503: shittysawtraps

504: self-ish-daily

505: i-give-olms-to-people

506: scromble

[jinxxsims]

so much wonderful cc that i use daily in my game, and somehow i never hit a follow! i apologize for my hideous crime. you're amazing💖💖

I'm so glad you've found things here that are of use to your game! I don't think there's any greater compliment than that. Thank you for following, and if your honor, a follower's gift, since I just passed 1250!

These are conversions from a really gorgeous Sims 4 set called "Cozy Cabin" by ValiaSims. There are five slots on the end table. The slippers, hat box, makeup bag, and wicker box are deco and can be found in General > Dresser, while everything else can be found in the usual places.

There are a ton of recolors of everything here. I've included the recolor images so you can pick and choose what to keep. Remember to discard the images before adding the files to your download folder.

Files are compressorized.

Download Valia's 4t2 Cozy Cabin Followers Gift

Just a heads up, I currently have nine requests/messages to respond to, so if you're waiting on a response from me, please be patient. I will get to them all, I promise!

[kirlicues]

Mini Modern Home Collection | Sims 2 Residential Lot Downloads

Modern homes aren't typically my build style, but I put these together several years back and they are currently residing in my desert town of Modern Mesa because coming up with creative town names isn't my strong point err....collecting dust.

These 5 lots are on the smaller size, 3x1, 2x2 and 3x2, so they work great for those small nooks and crannies that need to be filled in in a neighborhood.

Each of these homes only has 1 or 2 pieces of CC that can easily be omitted. I can't live without upper cabinets in my kitchens, but maybe you can! 🤣🤣A list of CC is included below each home. Most of it is either Maxis "lost and found" items, or pre-order bonuses.

All EPs and SPs are required for these lots.

If you want to grab all the lot files in one download you can do so here, or here on SFS.

Here's the first home. This one has 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms and is built on a 2x2 lot. You will need the MANDAL dresser from the Ikea Stuff Pre-order bonus items, and the usual upper kitchen cabinets.

Floor plan layout:

Mini Modern Home #1: MF | SFS

CC List (Included): -Maxis Match Wall Cabinets by CTNutmegger at ModtheSims CC List (Not Included): -MANDAL dresser from the Ikea Stuff Pre-order Bonus -Maxis Match Chimney Recolors by Kimsie at ModtheSims

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Moving on to home #2. This one has 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom and is built on a 2x2 lot:

Floor plan layout: If you need an more space, the upstairs living room can be walled off and turned into extra bedroom.

Mini Modern Home #2: MF | SFS

CC List (Included): -Maxis Match Wall Cabinets by CTNutmegger at ModtheSims

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And now for home #3! This one has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and is built on a 3x2 lot. Tap the pictures to see a larger version:

Floor plan layout: The 3rd bedroom is being used as a home gym right now, but you're welcome to toss the treadmill (and other things) and plop a bed in there instead.

Mini Modern Home #3: MF | SFS

CC List (Included): -Maxis Match Wall Cabinets by CTNutmegger at ModtheSims

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Now for home #4. This one has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and is built on a 3x2 lot. If the round window doesn't show up as a window just remove the Genuine Railway Tie fencing from the 2x1 space directly in front of it. I'm using @fwaysims Object Freedom mod which gives me a little more, uhh, freedom in object placement. 🤭 Tap the pictures to see a larger version:

Floor plan layout:

Mini Modern Home #4: MF | SFS

CC List (Included): -Maxis Match Wall Cabinets by CTNutmegger at ModtheSims CC List (Not included): -Maxis Lost and Found BASKIS ceiling light

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And now for home #5. This one has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and is built on a 3x1 lot. The car is not included in the packaged lot download. It's just there to look fancy and add a pop of color. Don't worry though, it comes with the game. You can find it in the buy catalog under misc> cars.

Floor plan layout: Feel free to turn the open space on the second floor into another bedroom if you need more room.

Mini Modern Home #5: MF | SFS

CC List (Included): -Maxis Match Wall Cabinets by CTNutmegger at ModtheSims CC List (Not Included): -Maxis Lost and Found Diagonal Bohemian Molding

All EPs and SPs are required for these lots.

I’ve run these home through the Lot Compressor so any random references to sims that aren’t there should be removed. I have also run them through the Lot Cleaner to remove any bits of buggy code. These lots come with a shiny custom thumbnail so they have even more curb appeal in your Lots and Houses bin! 😄

I ALWAYS recommend using the Sims 2 Pack Clean installer to install lot files.

Want to improve the look of your game, or grab some "Lost & Found" Maxis objects? Check out this post.

[katsurinssims]

4 BG longsimple alpha edits in Afterglow

Almighty Hat's BG longsimple in Trapping's twists in Afterglow colours Download

BG longsimple tucked alpha in Afterglow colours Download

BG longsimple shorter alpha in Afterglow colours Download

BG longsimple soft silky alpha in Afterglow colours Download

this all started when I downloaded a really old sim off MTS to edit and saw it came with a hair which was an alpha edit of the BG longsimple hair which I hadn't seen before- said alpha edit is credited as 'original texture from some post on this forum, please claim credit for i have forgotten which one', and nobody did actually claim credit for it as far as I can tell. I liked it enough, even though it's imperfect, to make my own edit of it combining it with my BG longsimple default, which itself is an edit of Aquil's alpha.

Then I thought to look on the database which other alpha edits were availible, and picked out c0nan21's tucked alpha, TheDerangedSim's shorter alpha, and Almighty Hat's Trapping twists retexture. I edited the former two to match my default, but haven't edited the alpha or texture of the twists version at all, just recoloured it.

Everything's TF-EF, Afterglow naturals family binned in one package each, fully compressorized, no meshes required, BG compatible, and has a volatile base in the zip (exept for the twists as it's really no different to Hat's volatile texture).

note- the sims in the previews are wearing makeup hairlines.

Additional credits: Antoninko for the afterglow actions! check @the-afterglow-archive for more Afterglow ₊˚⊹♡

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[pforestsims]

Why I started using DXT1 texture format for TS2 CC again (sometimes)

In the past I discouraged ppl from using it. But it has one benefit, which TS2 CC creators shouldn't ignore: DXT1 textures are about half the size of DXT3. In TS2 DXT1 is only used for textures without transparency.

There are two facts about textures that some ts2 cc creators and cc hoarders are probably unaware of:

Lossless compression (compressorizer etc) significantly reduces file sizes, but it does NOT help texture memory, because texture files get uncompressed before being stored in GPU texture memory cache

Byte size does NOT equal resolution. For example: Raw32Bit texture takes up around four times more space in texture memory cache than DXT5

DXT3 2048*2048 px takes up ~4MB, but DXT1 2048*2048, thanks to its harsh 8:1 compression, takes up only ~2MB of texture memory cache, which is an equivalent of two makeup textures 512*512 px Raw32Bit format (TS2 makeup creators' favourite :S ).

@episims posted a comparison of DXT formats here - but please note Epi compared texture sizes after those were compressorized. Also, I believe the DXT1 preview actually shows glitches that are not visible in the game.

To change texture format in SimPe you need to install Nvidia DDS utilities, which can be downloaded here (SFS). Also, Yape package editor is much faster and easy to use.

*This is about GPU texture memory. As far as I know, it's unclear how internal TS2 texture memory works - does it benefit from lossless file compression or not? No idea. But IMO we don't have a reason to be optimistic about it :/ What we know for sure is - the easiest way to summon pink soup in TS2 on modern systems, is to make the game load large amounts of texture data (large for TS2 standards anyway) in a short amount of time.

DXT1 built in SimPe with Nvidia DDS Tools tend to look bad - but as I had learned very recently, SimPe DXT1 preview (and export) is broken! It displays some artifacts that are not actually visible in game!

The only way to correctly view DXT1 created in SimPe outside of the game is the new YaPe package editor. You need to switch the texture format preview to AltRGB24 (Raw24Bit).

DXT formats use lossy compression which affects texture quality - this compression matters for texture memory.

DXT1 512*512*4 (4 bytes per pixel) / 8 (divided by 8, because of 8:1 compression ratio) = ~131 KB

DXT3 512x512 px (4:1 compression) = ~262 KB

Raw32Bit 512x512 px = ~1MB

2048x1024 px DXT1 texture takes up around as much texture memory as 1024x1024 px DXT3 or DXT5 (non transparent*) = ~1 MB

*Flat (non transparent) DXT3 size is the same as DXT5.

Fun fact: flat DXT1 and DXT5 built in GIMP look identical, and also not much better than SimPe DXT1 (in game!).

DXT5 has 4:1 compression just like DXT3 but it can store more data in alpha channel, and that allows for much better looking transparency (if smooth alpha is present, size is increased). As I already mentioned, DXT1 does not support alpha transparency.

I don't want my game to look like crap, but if texture looks OK as DXT1, then why not use it. Aside from hood decor, I've been reconverting some wall and floor textures for myself to DXT1 recently, instead of resizing.

Some ppl might cringe on seeing 2048x2048 skybox textures but to me large texture is justified for such a giant object. I cringe at Raw32Bit makeup.

I'm slowly turning all Raw32 makeup content in my game to DXT5 (no mipmaps). I've edited enough of those to know, that quite often the actual texture quality is not great. If a texture has been converted to DXT3 at some point, alpha channel is a bit choppy. "Upgrading" such texture to Raw32 doesn't do anything, other than multiplying texture size by four. I don't know how 'bout you, but I only use one or two skyboxes at a time, while my sims walk around with tons of face masks on them, so it's a real concern to me. And don't make me start on mip maps in CAS CC. My game certainly doesn't need 33% larger hair texture files :S

*note - another thing I've "discovered" after writing this post, SimPe DDS Builder can actually make crisp mipmaps as long as you set Sharpen to "None".

Note2: Raw8Bit (bump maps) / ExtRaw8Bit (shadows etc) are also uncompressed formats, but don't contain color data and weight around as much as DXT3.

/I've taken out this part from a long post I'm writing RN /

[elgiusa]

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[catherinetcjd]

Sameville

a Mid-Century Florida-Style Unpopulated Neighborhood my utopiazed TS2 version of the real life Spring Hill which was developed by Mackle Brothers/Deltona Corp in the '60's Isn't it time your sims moved to Florida? ...with minimal CC!

I spent my formative years - ages 8 through 18 - in a place called Spring Hill, Florida. At that time it was just a "place" ...not yet incorporated into a town, with dirt roads if you veered too far off the main boulevard. It had one school (K-8th,) one small grocery, and one gas station with a convenience store - oh, thank Heaven! The whole development was designed as a "retirement" community, meant to entice New Yorkers to buy their Florida-dream-opportunity sight unseen, and move down to the land of eternal sunshine. (And many did!)

Read more on my BLOG »

Cross-posted to MTS and Simblr.

If you want more insight into the Real Life area - here is the wiki link: Spring Hill

Sameville has a total of 93 included lots. 63 are residential lots - one of which is an apartment/trailer park. There is also a cemetery. And there are 23 commercial/community lots. (Plus 6 designated "empty" lots - 4 residential, and 2 commercial.)

Just like the RL Spring Hill was when I moved there in 1974, there is a lot of room to expand this neighborhood. The "city" area is just made up of hood deco buildings and there are many beach lots awaiting your personal builds. Please customize the hood however you want!

Every lot is a clean copy; no sim has ever been in this hood. Each lot was cleaned and compressed with Chris Hatch's Lot Compressor. Everything has been cleaned with Mootilda's Clean Installer. And run through her Hood Checker.

DOWNLOAD @ SFS

Enjoy! 🦚

[cloudmancy]

I have acquired 4 different swatches of faux fur and an airbrush for Nefarious Purposes 🐯

The airbrush is secondhand, the air compressor is borrowed from a friend's dad (shoutout to autistic asian fathers with model kit hobbies), and the paints are mixed from Golden acrylic fluid thinned with water. (not isopropyl alcohol! Golden acrylic fluid is water based... learned this the hard way the first time I tried diluting and it curdled.)

I have yet to Get Good at the finer points of airbrushing and spray control but I'm happy with progress today :) I've figured out which of the 4 fur samples holds acrylic best (the cheaper options, thank god), I've disassembled and reassembled the airbrush twice, and I've about figured out how to not get the fur to clump.

I've also found a mix of orange I'm happy with. There's no good reddish orange acrylic colour, so this is a mix of a three different acrylic fluids: fluorescent orange, yellow, and black.

[simtanico]

Nose Definition makeup (#1, #2, and #4)

Pretty much what it looks like! Of my usual "squint and you'll see it" fare. I've had these done up for a while and I've used them a ton, so I hope you all might too.

This makeup (I, II, IV) can define the shape of a sim's nose bridge without going full contour. Feel free to use at different opacity for even more subtle results!

No. 2 and 4 might look SUPER DUPER similar, but I assure you they are not.

When I can finally decide on #3 I shall put it here along with any applicable nose makeup I come up with :)

Details:

under Makeup > Lipstick

Male & Female ~ Teen - Elder // Thumbnail included

1 channel, see photo

1024x texture, borderline microscopic mask to save size

0.1 MB each, Compressorized

Enabled for most categories, not for random

Credits: TSRW, Photoshop

TOU Do what you need to do; Do not claim as your own!

Download at .zip Sim File Share: https://simfileshare.net/download/4433938/

Or at SIMBLR.CC

[letomills]

These are Aligeth's 1930s Apron Dresses, Day Dresses & Pinafore Dresses for children with some edits and as default replacements. They have fat morphs, low poly.

Download links & details below.

Fixed bone assignment on the skirts of all dresses:

Fat morph edits were done to match the shape of my edit of the Maxis CU fat morph.

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Apron Dresses

Mesh edits ↓

Swatch ↓

Polycount: 2,256. Categorized as everyday. I enabled them for CM, changed the shoe sound from heavy boot to normal shoe and compressorized.

↳ Download custom: SFS / Mega

And the same dresses as default replacement for cfbodyhobbylogoshirt. There's 2 versions: one for CF only and one enabled for CM, choose one. Both are categorized as everyday like the Maxis outfit.

↳ Download default replacement: SFS / Mega

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Day Dresses

Mesh edits ↓

Swatch ↓

Polycount: 2,312. Categorized as everyday & formal. I enabled them for CM, changed the shoe sound from heavy boot to normal shoe, removed the bump maps (for a softer look matching the other dresses and reduced file sizes) and compressorized.

↳ Download custom: SFS / Mega

And 5 of the 6 recolors as default replacement for cfbodydressspring. There's 4 versions: one for CF everyday, one for CU everyday, one for CF everyday & formal, one for CU everyday & formal, choose one.

↳ Download default replacement: SFS / Mega

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Pinafore Dresses

Mesh edits ↓

Swatch ↓

Polycount: 2,324. Categorized as everyday & formal. I enabled them for CM, changed the shoe sound from heavy boot to normal shoe, removed the (in effect) duplicate textures and removed the 3 blank bump maps per file, reducing file sizes significantly, and compressorized.

↳ Download custom: SFS / Mega

And as default replacements for cfbodydressabovekneecollar. There's 4 versions: one for CF everyday, one for CU everyday, one for CF everyday & formal, one for CU everyday & formal, choose one.

↳ Download default replacement: SFS / Mega