#How to enable GAME MODE

[dykedvonte]

One of my mutuals opinions is the "bro code" thing, that Curly is one of those guys who wouldn't care about the victim because the perpetrator is his friend and I'm really banging my head on the wall like that other anon. I've only played through the game once but Curly's behaviour/reactions etc read completely different from the "bro code" thing and I have to wonder if my mutual and I even played the same game.. like the constant digs at him from Jimmy, his body language in his face reveal and so on like you mentioned in your post. While this game is a little different obviously, it kind of reminded of a point in Alice Madness Returns that makes it very clear that Alice's pain blinded her to the abuse of the other children and her failure to act earlier because of it. Curly is guilty of a similar inaction but it doesn't change the fact he was a victim of Jimmy too. I don't think I can look at it any other way because both of these games have really stuck with me.

I genuinely think it really is the idea that people want a simple easy to blame problem and the idea that the only relatable victims of abuse are those that "surpass" it or do a lot to help others. When it comes to victims, especially those that don't fit the typical demographics, who either accidently perpetuate it, enable it or aren't ideal in some way shape or form, people jump to ignore what they went through as it's easier than dealing with those conflicting sentiments.

The bro-code conversation in Mouthwashing stems from a concept I generally dislike that there had to be something about Curly that made him meet or keep being friends with someone like Jimmy. I think people genuinely underestimate how many like decent and good people just know an asshole or are friends with someone who is really bad outside of their view/established dynamics. The game makes it clear none of the inaction against Jimmy is because of a lack of care, it is a lack of understanding from the privaleged postions they have as men to not have to worry about what Anya does/went through and the type of extremes men like Jimmy will go through to cover it up. They are all too preoccupied in their own strifes.

Another thing I see being oversaturated the idea that you have to be a freak, misanthrope or have a disorder to do the thing Jimmy does. The game is an escalation, it's a spiral that I don't see people comment on that Jimmy was not likely having the mood swings and episodes of rage/frustration we were seeing in the game. This is after they all start experiencing the worst moments in their lives that he got THAT openly bad. Of course, this is just my interpretation but much like in real life, people that go to extremes like that usually live mundane lives. It's a pressure cooker affect to where the stress made them pop. It's self inflicted but still the case.

I really think people need to be more willing to acknowledge that not everything needs to be an extreme or in black and white or easy to understand. It doesn't need to be happy or have an answer or solution, especially in the cases where the abused sadly helps perpetuate what they experience. It's not he should've known better from experience or shouldn't he have known what could've happened because victims tend to not like to think in matters of the worst. Not to mention, especially in cases of abuse where it feels so personally directed that you don't expect to happen to someone else.

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Month 2, day 4

Finished the photo edit I started on Sunday! I ultimately decided I preferred the more saturated background over less saturated, and also went in and cleaned up the blur mask to get a proper depth of field effect going :D

I say "blur mask" like I didn't just duplicate the layer, gaussian blur it, and then erase the parts I didn't want blurred lol

How it started is below the cut :D

[stirdrawsandreblaws]

resigning myself to the facts that a) i can't finish the work i need to do without cleaning my room bc my brain is shitting itself and b) i'm too tired to clean it right now so i'm not gonna get work done

i need to just take a break day properly instead of sitting in agony... and i can't tell other people it's important to rest if i can't make rest a priority for myself, so...maybe i'll just try chillin out a lil bit

[eriwithpetalsandletters]

When Ice Meets Asphalt

It all started in the McLaren garage, under bright lights and the whir of fans. Oscar Piastri was in full focus during a Grill the Grid challenge, breezing through questions until one caught him off guard:

"Name three athletes you admire outside F1"

He blinked.

“Uh… Y/N L/N.”

The crew exchanged surprised glances—Oscar’s delivery was quick, his blush quicker. A soft, involuntary smile tugged at his lips and his voice picked up just enough to give him away.

He finished his answer with two other names—forgotten instantly.

Because the internet remembered only one.

Three days later…

Oscar and Lando Norris were back in the McLaren content studio for a casual video. It was supposed to be a light “Get To Know Your Teammate” piece. But Lando? He had his own agenda.

“So Oscar,” Lando started, fighting back a grin, “tell the lovely fans who your favorite figure skater is. Go on.”

Oscar groaned. “No.”

“Is it maybe, possibly… oh I don’t know… Y/N L/N?” Lando teased, stretching the name like elastic. “The same skater you blurted out on Grill the Grid without breathing?”

Oscar buried his face in his hands. “I didn’t blurt it.”

“Mate, you blushed so hard I thought we needed to check your helmet fit.” Lando laughed, nudging him. “Unrequited crush alert!”

Oscar peeked through his fingers, cheeks pink. “I’m gonna switch teams. I mean, literally. Garage swap.”

And just when Oscar thought it couldn’t get more chaotic—the universe dropped its plot twist.

Y/N L/N on Interview on Ice

She sat poised and radiant, sipping iced coffee during her interview when the host asked:

“Do you follow any sports other than figure skating?”

Y/N lit up. "F1! It started with an Oscar Piastri edit on my FYP—it was clean, the transitions were crazy. And he’s hot, obviously.” She winked, the studio bursting with laughter.

“Then he lived on my For You Page for like a week. I saw his races, and thought, why not actually watch it? Now I’m hooked! He’s ridiculously talented.”

She set down her glass and added:

“During the Australia GP—oh my God—I cried when he went off track. Legit cried. And when he didn’t retire, I screamed at my phone like I'm his team principal.”

The host tilted his head. “Didn’t you have a competition that day?”

She giggled. “Yeah, my coach thought I was emotionally prepping. Nope—I was just destroyed by Oscar’s race.”

“Would you like to send a message to Oscar?”

Y/N grinned at the camera. “Hiii. I’m Y/N L/N, a fan. I’m cold, you’re hot—warm me up?” Cue laughs from the studio as the video ends.

The clip exploded online. Twitter, TikTok, Instagram—everyone tagged Oscar like they had turbo mode enabled. When asked about the interview on media day, Oscar gave nothing but a soft laugh and pink cheeks that said everything.

And as if that weren’t enough…

Y/N posted a photo.

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Nice hot view 🔥

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@oscarpiastri: Didn’t expect my back to get this much attention today. Might need to start stretching with a bit more confidence.

@lando: This man went from blush mode to thirst trap, and I don’t know how to act 🚨

@mclaren: We can neither confirm nor deny that we planned the lighting, timing, and angle 🙊 #paparazzibyconsent

@ynskatesqueen: she didn’t just shoot her shot. She launched a missile, and it HIT.

@f1stan4life: bro’s back got more attention than his quali time.

@coldandcrushing: she really captioned it like that and walked away??? ICON

@dnpedforpiastri: Oscar’s back should be declared a national treasure by FIA tbh.

@ynchassésaway: I agree 👍🏻

@gridgirlgrace: Lando’s somewhere crying over his own wingman game backfiring 🤣

@slaythenlap: tagging @Netflix cause this needs to be in the next Drive To Survive season

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I’m cold, she’s hot—come warm me up?

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@ynchassésaway: I'm omw 🏃🏻‍♀️

@lando: bro i’m not third-wheeling in the paddock AND on the timeline 💀

@mclaren: This post was NOT approved by PR, but we’re still rooting for the chaos ❤️

@tripleaxelconfessions: I just fainted in three languages. I don’t know if this is romance or emotional warfare.

@halo2halo: THE PARALLEL?? The ✨cinematic universe✨ forming?? This is Marvel-level plot development.

@yourgridgirlfriend: He’s quoting her. She’s replying. Lando’s suffering. God’s favorite ship is thriving ⛸️🏎️

@archnemesispls: the way her back arched like it had a narrative?? she bent the laws of physics and my emotions

@drsfordrama: Oscar fell in love with that move, and honestly? Same.

Between figure eights and flying laps, two athletes on opposite ends of the sporting spectrum had unknowingly ignited something magnetic.

And somewhere, in the folds of viral videos and spontaneous shoutouts, fate was quietly stitching the next chapter.

[officialclangen]

CLANGEN UPDATE: CLANCOPHONY

(Download the update here, or via your in-game auto-updater!)

Hello furriends and Clanmates! We hope you have all lined your nests with feathers and moss; leaf-bare is here, and so is our next release!

Our lovely developers have been reinforcing the camp walls with new features for moons now. With the new release, you can direct your warriors' focus, befriend/antagonize the other Clans, invite in outsiders, choose symbols for your Clans, experience our new sound system, and more! ❄️

If you are having issues with your anti-virus flagging ClanGen, please look to this post for a guide on how to fix it.

Our changelog is very long, so it will be below the cut ❤️

Features

CLAN FOCUS: New feature accessed via the Warrior's Den. Direct your warriors' Focus towards specific goals, such as feeding the Clan or sabotaging other neighboring Clans. When the Focus is changed, there is a cooldown of 3 moons before it can be changed again, so choose wisely! Please note that some Focuses aren't accessible in Classic mode and that some Focuses require certain cat ranks to be present.

PRONOUNS: Wow! The cats have pronouns other than they/them? Yes it's true! Cats can now naturally generate with they/them, he/him, or she/her pronouns. Want a cat to have different pronouns than those options? You can do that to! Check out their profile page and the Change Gender option to add any pronoun under the sun. These pronouns will be used in text throughout the game when referring to that cat (give a big hand to our writing team for the monumental amount of work they did to get pronouns integrated into all the text!) Please note a new game setting to revert the game to only generating they/them pronouns for all cats.

LEADER'S DEN: You can now access the Leader's Den to view the other Clans neighboring your Clan as well as the known Outsiders. Decide how you want to interact with these other cats: will you appease the hostile Clans? Or antagonize them further? Will you hunt down that one pesky rogue? Or perhaps you've decided an exiled Clanmate should be allowed a second chance…

CLAN SYMBOLS: You can now choose a Clan symbol during Clan creation. Other Clans also generate with symbols, which you will see in the Leader's Den. There are currently 484 symbols available to choose from, a roster that we plan to continue expanding with each stable update. Please note that old Clan saves will not be able to choose a Clan symbol in-game, though save editing to change the symbol is relatively simple. When loading an old save, the game will attempt to assign a symbol matching with it's prefix, if no symbol exists then it will randomly choose a symbol.

CLASSIC CONDITIONS: Classic mode can now access illnesses, injuries, and permanent conditions! Please note that this still differs in some ways from Expanded mode. In Classic Mode, a single medicine cat can care for the entire Clan, specific herb amounts are not displayed on the med den screen, an herb will treat a condition regardless of the Clan's actual herb amounts, the Clan's herb supply is randomly generated and is not dependent on events.

AUDIO: What in StarClan?? Clangen with sound!? Clangen now comes with shiny new sound effects and one very lovely music track that plays during Clan creation. More music is on the horizon… and don't worry! There is a handy dandy mute button in the corner of the screen and audio settings to control music/ambiance and sound effects volume separately.

QoL

Fullscreen new and improved! Art no longer looks oddly crunched and the black frame has been replaced with pretty background art. This comes with a new setting to turn off anti-aliasing and a setting to ignore fullscreen scaling rules, just in case you want it a little extra large (please note that this setting will come with some visual quirks if enabled)

You can now search cats on the mediator page

More special characters are allowed in user notes

Leaders can now be affected by mass extinction events

Mass extinction events are now limited to affecting 11 cats at most, but they can occur multiple times in a single moon.

When leaders die of starvation, they now revive with enough nutrition to bring them up to malnourished, giving a little extra time to find food before starving once more.

Moon events that previously mentioned an Outsider, but did not generate an Outsider cat, will now generate an Outsider

Moon events that mention an Outsider can now pull an Outsider from the existing list of Outsiders, rather than generating a new one

War events will now match with the affect of the overarching war event for that moon (i.e. if the Clans are having peace talks that moon, no clan relation lowering events will occur at the same time)

More moon events are now recorded in the relationship log if they changed a relationship

"show dead/living" button on cat list is now "view dead/living"

"filtered by" button on cat list is now "sort by"

Last and First page buttons are now available on the cat list screen.

Players can now input a page number on the cat list screen to move to that page immediately

Leader death history now displays as a single sentence for each death, rather than one long run-on sentence

Custom cursor setting now comes with a warning about increased chance of crashes

All text (or at least, the vast majority) can now be copy-pasted!

Buttons on moon events that lead to the profiles of cats involved now generates a horizontal scroll bar if the buttons go off-screen

If a moon event had no cats specifically involved, the involved cat button no longer displays

Alert exclamation marks now persist until the tab is clicked

When keybinds are on, you can now use the arrow keys to move up and down the event tab buttons, and the enter button to switch to the selected tab

Cats can now be quickly added to and removed from patrols via double clicking

Herb moon events no longer destroy herb supplies in their entirety (with the exception of one war event) and any large destruction events no longer occur if herb stores are already low

Herb gained on moonskip and patrols has been slightly buffed

Relationship value changes when cats break up is now dynamic, meaning some break ups have larger impacts than others

Newborn kits are now listed in the involved cat buttons on moon events

Quick start! You can click Quick Start at the beginning of Clan Creation to skip to the end. All choices will be made randomly

Content

100s of new patrol art additions

Many many new patrols! Many requiring specific traits or skills.

New outcomes for existing patrols! Many requiring specific traits or skills.

New Camps! The Mountainous camp, Ruins, and the Beach camp, Fjord.

New moon events, such as murders and new ways to gain accessories.

Literally 1000+ new relationship events

Many many new thoughts, many of which are exclusive to certain traits, ages, conditions, seasons, and skills

New leader ceremony possibilities, many of which are exclusive to cats of certain traits (both the dead cats and the new leader)

Prefix list updated to include new canon names (looking at you, Stretchkit)

Many new loner/kittypet names

Many outcomes for Leader Den events, many of which are specific to certain skills, traits, and ages

New events for pregnancy announcements and speculations

New grief events and thoughts

New accessories!

Bugfixes

Murders will no longer occasionally crash the game

Fixed a bug caused by the training app murder event

You can no longer sort living cats by death date

Players no longer get stuck in the med den backrooms (when accessing the med den through cat profiles, the back button would return you to the cat profile. attempting to back out of the cat profile would take you back to the med den. rinse and repeat, it's a loop)

Buttons now disable/enable properly when closing relationship logs on first and last cats in the cat list

You can no longer enter negative page numbers by clicking the back button very very fast

Leaders now receive appropriate birth event text when dying from childbirth

Outsider kittens can no longer join as warriors

Long term conditions, like wasting disease, will now display in leader's history if they took a life

When leaders are lost on patrol, patrol result text no longer mentions them by their warrior name

Litters can no longer spawn with duplicate names (i.e. two kits named Stonekit)

Medicine cats captured by twolegs no longer have their role erased

Cat history no longer lists cats as murdering themselves

Kicked cats out of the walls (fixed some possible cat positionings on camp screen)

Adolescents can no longer be considered "normal adults" in patrols simply because they graduated to warrior early.

Kits adopted during moon events now receive correct inheritance info and begin with a positive relationship toward new adoptive parent(s)

Mates of adoptive parents now automatically adopt any newly adopted kits received on moonskip

Check added for matching age when assigning random romantic relationship values at Clan creation

When assigning random relationship values at Clan creation, the Guide cat will now only generate relationships with living cats old enough to have known the Guide in life.

Adopted litters now always generate with a bio parent, ensuring their inheritance lists them as littermates

The generation of half-clan litters no longer assumes the birthing parent can only be the (biologically) female parent (this is important for "ignore biology" game setting)

Cats with no romantic interest in each other will no longer receive romance decreasing events

Poly cat love confessions no longer read as though one cat is asking their dead mate for permission before accepting a new cat into the polycule.

Rosemary is no longer applied to the "dead body" of a lost cat

Affair birth events no longer mention nonexistent mates

Fixed mistagging in patrols that would lead to unintended effects

Many small UI issues

Many small sprite fixes

Many typo fixes

[blanchetteminxia]

the crash was inevitable.

you knew it, deep down, every time rin started to spiral. it was a familiar pattern: the sharp words, the cutting dismissals, the way he'd push you away just when you thought you were closest. he was in self-sabotage mode, creating obstacles where there were none.

tonight, it was worse. a seemingly minor disagreement about his training schedule had escalated into a full-blown argument. his voice, usually a low, controlled hum, was a raw snarl. he accused you of not understanding, of not seeing the pressure he was under, the weight of expectations he carried.

"you don't get it," he'd hissed, his eyes burning with a dark intensity that both terrified and fascinated you. "you think this is just a game? you think i can just... turn it off?"

you tried to reach for him, to soothe the jagged edges of his anger, but he recoiled as if you'd burned him. "don't," he snapped. "just... don't."

and then he was gone, leaving you standing in the doorway of his apartment, the echo of his harsh words hanging in the air.

you sank to the floor, the familiar ache of hurt and frustration settling in your chest. this wasn't the first time. it was a cycle. you loved him, fiercely and completely, but sometimes... sometimes, it felt like loving him meant enduring a constant storm.

the question gnawed at you: how much more could you take? how many more times could you watch him tear himself apart, watch him push you away, before you finally broke?

you thought about leaving. about walking away from the chaos, from the constant push and pull. you deserved peace, didn't you? you deserved a love that didn't feel like a battlefield.

rin was a puzzle, a complex, contradictory mess of brilliance and self-destruction. and you, somehow, had learned to read him. you saw the vulnerability beneath the anger, the fear that fueled his defiance. you understood the unspoken language of his silences, the desperate need for connection hidden behind his walls.

you knew his touch, the rare moments of tenderness when he'd let his guard down, when his hands would trace the curve of your cheek with a surprising gentleness. you knew the way his body fit against yours, the way his heartbeat would steady when you held him close.

but then if you wont understand him, who would?

the truth hit you, a cold, hard certainty. no one else would. no one else would have the patience, the understanding, the sheer stubborn love it took to navigate the labyrinth of his soul. if you left, who would be there to catch him when he fell? who would see the man beneath the wreckage?

the thought of him alone, adrift in his own self-made storm, was unbearable.

you didn't leave.

instead, you picked yourself up, wiped the tears from your face, and started to plan. you wouldn't enable his self-destruction, but you wouldn't abandon him either. you would find a way to reach him, to show him that he wasn't alone, that someone saw him, truly saw him, and loved him anyway.

it wouldn't be easy. it would be a battle. but you were willing to fight. for rin, for the love you shared, for the fragile hope that maybe, just maybe, you could help him find his way out of the storm.

[throne-of-blood-and-roses-if]

Welcome to the Official Dev Blog for:

★ Throne of Blood and Roses ★

Link: enjoy! Chapter 1 : Word Count: 131,942

“You weren’t meant to be here…but now I can’t imagine any of this without you.”

Wassup yall! I wanted to introduce myself and say thank you for checking out my little pet project. I’m a new interactive fiction writer, and this blog is where I’ll be sharing the process of writing my first IF game: Throne of Blood and Roses. It took a lot of courage for me to do this and show the world something I created. So if you love complicated royals, class tension, slow-burn romance, reality TV drama, and a bit of blood I welcome you home.

★Summery ★

You are a nobody.

A commoner with no fame, no title, barely enough money to your name, and no place among the elite.

So when the royal heir of Eden refused their arranged match to Cain/Delilah/judas Vale a powerful noble born in Eden to rule beside them the kingdom’s fragile court began to crumble.

In a desperate attempt to restore order, King Aldric invoked an ancient law:

“When the heir’s heart falters, the will of Eden shall decide, the Selection Trials shall now commence!”

The Selection Trials is for nobles of other families, celebrities, and high ranking military personnel just those who bleed 24k gold.

Ten elite contestants were invited to compete for the heir’s hand in marriage a televised spectacle of romance, performance, and a little bit of blood.

Then, against all expectation, they chose you. A name no one knew. In a place no one believed you belonged.

No one knows why you was called.

The nobles hate you for it.

The rival wants you erased.

And the heir?

They can’t take their eyes off you.

★ Features ★

• Play as male, female, or nonbinary

• Shape your MC’s identity, appearance, and then do the same for the royal heir whose heart you might win…or break.

• Romance the customizable royal heir or one of four other contestants!

• Survive elimination challenges, scandals, and sabotage

• Choose between love or power

• There’s a Yandere option for a much darker path for this dark love struck heir. (Psst….hey buddy you didn’t hear this from me but you can turn it on at the beginning of the story but you didn’t hear that from me)

• Multiple endings based on trust, ambition, and how far you’ll go

★meet the characters ★

You — The Nobody

“I’m no one. But if I make it to the end, they’ll never forget me.”

Age: 23 | Identity & Appearance: Fully Customizable

Status: Commoner

You’re not powerful, not royal, not wealthy. You’ve worked too many late shifts and been ignored too many times to believe in fairy tales. But now you’re a contender in a deadly game of beauty and blood. You’re the commoner in a den of lions can you survive?

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The Heir of Eden — The Crowned Flame

“They dressed me in gold and told me to smile. But I only feel real when I’m with you.”

Age: 23 | Gender & Appearance: Customizable

Status: Royalty

ROMANCEABLE? Yes (Main RO)

The kingdom watches their every step. Perfect posture. Perfect smile. A perfect lie. The Heir is the only child of the royal line—raised in isolation, sheltered behind palace walls, and molded into an icon. They’ve never set foot beyond the castle gates. Not until now. Their rejection of a noble match sparked the Trials, shaking the kingdom’s order. In public, they play their part. But in private, the mask slips.

And when their eyes find you, it is not for politics this time.

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Yandere Mode (Optional)

“You don’t understand, I’d burn this entire kingdom for you.”

When enabled, the Heir’s love becomes dangerous. They watch you too closely. Need you too deeply. And if the world tries to take you away—they’ll tear it apart, piece by piece. Their obsession is quiet. Until it isn’t.

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Cain (male)/ Delilah (female)/ Judas (nonbinary) Vale — The Obsessed Rival

“You flickered into their world like a spark. Beautiful. Brief. But I’ll be the one to snuff you out.”

Age: 23 | Gender: player's choice

Appearance: Pale skin, sleek black hair, frozen blue eyes, perfectly controlled posture

Status: Noble

ROMANCEABLE? No

They were supposed to be the one. Groomed since birth to stand beside the Heir, Cain/ Delilah/ judas’s rejection shattered their image—and their pride. They smile like royalty and speak with venom. Your presence is an insult they won’t forget.

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Elias / Elara Kane — The Stoic Blade

“I was taught to protect power. You make me want to protect something else.”

Age: 26 | Gender: Selectable

Appearance: Deep brown skin, strong frame, close-cropped or braided hair, unreadable eyes

Status: Noble Guard

ROMANCEABLE? Yes

A soldier at heart, Elias/Elara didn’t come to win a crown. They came because they were ordered to. Quiet, loyal, and focused—until you break their routine.

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Phoenix “Nix” Vega — The Wild Spark

“You’re trouble. The kind I like to keep around.”

Age: 25 | Pronouns: They/Them

Appearance: Sun-bronzed skin, bright green eyes, wild red-black curls, piercings and a sharp grin

Status: Celebrity

ROMANCEABLE? Yes

They live for the spotlight—and the chaos just behind it. Nix walks into every room like they own it, flirt with danger. They came for attention. But something tell you there is more to them then they let on.

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Vivian / Vincent Sinclair — The Mastermind

“I don’t gamble. But I’d be willing to bet on you.”

Age: 24 | Gender: Selectable

Appearance: Pale, platinum-blond hair, silver-gray eyes, tailored style and colder smiles

Status: Political Elite

ROMANCEABLE? Yes

Sinclair always plays the long game. Every move is calculated. Every word, intentional.

They don’t fall easily trust is a currency they rarely spend. But then you appeared. Unexpected. Unaccounted for.

And somehow, you make them unsure of their next move.

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Alexis — The Heir’s Constant

“They need someone who won’t lie to them. If that’s not you, walk away now.”

Age: 24 | Gender: Same as the Heir

Appearance: Olive-toned skin, soft dark eyes, Hair pulled into a ponytail, simple but elegant fashion

Status: Noble | Royal Confidant

ROMANCEABLE? No

Alexis has known the Heir since childhood. Loyal, but not blind. Affectionate, but never unguarded. They care deeply—for the person beneath the crown, not the title itself. If you’re good for the Heir, they’ll protect you without question. If you’re not? They’ll make sure you don’t get the chance to become a problem for them.

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Queen Lysandra Castellan — The Velvet Flame

“The Trials is just a stage. Let’s see what you look like when the light hits you.”

Age: Early 40s

Appearance: Same skin tone as the Heir, hazel eyes, chestnut-brown hair pinned in golden filigree

Status: Queen

ROMANCEABLE? No

Elegant, sharp, and politically lethal. Lysandra rules with silk and steel. She knows her child’s heart better than anyone—but she also knows the court won’t spare it. She watches you closely. She may see more in you than you expect.

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King Aldric Castellan — The Iron Crown

“Eden was not built on kindness. It will not be saved by it either.”

Age: Mid-40s

Appearance: Dark brown skin, steel-gray eyes, silver-streaked black hair, posture that never wavers

Status: King

ROMANCEABLE? No

A man forged by discipline and bound by legacy. The Trials were his solution—not to find love, but to preserve the crown. He speaks rarely, but when he does, the kingdom listens. Earn his respect, and you might shape history. Fail to, and you won’t even be remembered.

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Selene — The Quiet Strength

“If the palace changes you, make sure you’re still someone I can be proud of.”

Age: Late 40s

Appearance: Same skin tone as MC, thick silver-streaked curls, tired hands and a steady gaze

Status: Commoner

ROMANCEABLE? No

Selene is your mother—and survival has always been her only ask.

She’s lived long enough to know what the world does to people who doesn't stay in their lane. Her love is steady, her words plain, and her worry never disguised. She doesn’t promise safety. She promises truth. And she'll never stop fighting to keep you safe.

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Mira — The Firebrand Sister

“If they hurt you, I swear I’ll burn the castle down myself.”

Age: 16

Appearance: Same skin tone as MC, dark expressive eyes, long hair in a messy bun, combat boots and rebellion

Status: Commoner

ROMANCEABLE? No

Mira is your sister—your shadow and your spark.

She looks up to you more than she says, even when she’s teasing, even when she’s angry. Loud, loyal to a fault, and always ready to throw herself into a fight if it means protecting you.

[lamare-sims]

💡 Improved Sofa Bed and Chair Bed

These are functional pull-out sofa and chair based on Ikea Ektorp set. I created them long ago, and now, having more skill, decided to give them a refresh. Let me know if I made it worse! 😁

Fixes:

No more waiting in Live Mode for newly bought beds to become fully functional

No more untimely unhiding in visited neighbors' apartments

No autonomous unfolding without sleep

Fixed pie menu texts for some languages

New features:

Quarter tile and off-grid placement enabled (if placed off tile, you have to adjust bed part by hand to align it with its seating part)

Both bed and sofa/chair are visible in Buy Mode upon placing the object so that you can recolor sheets and adjust placement right away (one of the parts will hide in Live Mode)

Sleep interaction shortcut -- unfold and go to bed in one click (sleeping autonomy and user directed sleep are the same as for other beds; if you have a global mod that changes conditions, it'll apply to these beds as well)

Option to temporary disable autonomous sleep

Other changes:

Can sell unfolded beds

Can place chair bed next to a wall

Bed unfolds in "made" state even if no one made it before folding

Sell old beds and buy new ones in game for best experience (I kept GUIDs and filenames the same)

Known Issue: it's possible to make cheaty money using undo button, I'm not saying how 😛

Download:

Sofa Bed + Chair Bed + Cushion recolor * IKEA required, AL/M&G maybe too Notes for creators on how to update

[vicsims3]

IT'S FINALLY DONE!!! 👀🤭🎉 The Egyptian-themed mansion I built as a vacation house for the sim in my current save, where I'm attempting to complete all in-game collections, including all the WA relics. At first, I had no clue how I would go about this, but then I saw this picture of an Egyptian-themed garden in Hamilton, New Zealand and immediately felt inspired. Only the front of the house is loosely inspired by it. Mefkat is the Ancient Egyptian word for turquoise, meaning "joy" and "delight", so I found it a fitting name to give to this house, not only because I've incorporated a bright aqua all over, but because if I were to live/stay here, I'd definitely be feeling joyful and delighted. 😌✨

I spent exactly two weeks on this build, with a break in between while my sim grinded to make enough money, enabling me to finish decorating it. It's quite store-content heavy, but I've listed everything I've used alphabetically. I also used a couple of CC items. 🌴🌊🌷 INFO 🌷🌊🌴 - Lot size: 64x64 (Built on 1 Western Delta in Al Simhara.) - Price (Furnished): §305,532 - There is one empty room at the front of the house with its own entrance. It's pretty small, but I left it empty with the intent of maybe using it as a display room for some relics and collectables. It's up to you what you'd like to do with it! - 3 bedrooms (excluding the study and empty room) - 3 bathrooms (all are full bathrooms) - *ALL EPs required - *SPs required: Fast Lane Stuff, Outdoor Living Stuff, Town Life Stuff, Master Suite Stuff

-STORE CONTENT-

Build Mode:

Beautiful Bougainvillea (Monte Vista) Birds of Paradise (Sunlit Tides) Prickly Pear Cactus with Yellow Flowers (Lucky Palms) Wallpaper: Geometric Flowers (Roaring Heights)

Buy Mode:

A Moment in Time Aphrodite's End Table Athena's Olive Tree Aunt Angela's Cast Iron Cookery Basket o' Frames Buckets of Flowers Coastal Blooms (Sunlit Tides) Coffee Tray with Book Accents Dionysus Sofa Dual Hanging Lights Getaway Dining Chair Ginchiest Sink Greek Pitcher Greek Urn Happily Hippie Patchwork Pouf Harmonious Trio Floor Baskets Higher Tech Apron Rack Illuminated Pillar Illuminator of the Illuminati Imperfect Globular End Table Indian Inspired Living - Hookah Sculpture Italian Starburst Mirror Lantern of Morocco Loitering Luggage Monarch Dresser Pastoral Reflections Peasant's Potted Plants Pineapple Pottery Pineapple Pottery Planted Palm Tree (Roaring Heights) Reach for the Heavens Realtor's Baggage Props Sea-loving Book Shelf Simple Idea Lantern Steampunk Kitchen - Teaquinology Enjoyulator Stiff as a Board Dancefloor Terra The Bravo Bistro Dining Chair The Clever Curtain (Sunlit Tides) The Dramatic Palm The Longest Table The Not-So-Modern Wall Sculpture The Sun's Garden (Lucky Palms) Titanis Wallerie Wall Fan Tropical Aquarium (Sunlit Tides) Variegated Ceramic Vase VDBM-880 Wall Mirror Wonderfully Woven Hanging Chair Woven Wicker Trunk (it's possible i may have forgotten something, apologies!)

-CC- A More Purrfect Rug Far Away Lands 16 More Planters! Separated Plants by aisquared

I HIGHLY recommend these default wood texture replacements. It's an absolute must-have for me.

(NOTE: I found that some default item overrides that automatically remove stencils from objects [not velocitygrass' stencil remover] conflict with the wood replacement textures/render them broken) -Mods used (NOT required)- S3 Decorator Tools by OmedaPixel velocitygrass Stencil Remover

⬇️DOWNLOAD⬇️ http://www.simfileshare.net/download/5632882/ (package file, just plop in your library folder)

[shikai-the-storyteller]

A few notes about Realm SMP:

Tubbo hopes to have an event every week and ideally thinks this would be a 6 month server

There's a "level up" system but it will be tailored so people won't be left behind if they can't log in much

Armor and Combat is DND inspired, but it's not 100% accurate to DND

Tubbo looked at the 5 main MCYT communities he's been in / watched and that's the "pool" he chose people from

There's no plans for an in-game translator because it's expensive and also Tubbo "doesn't want to step on Quackity's toes" :(

Tubbo says he doesn't have a lot of Spanish-speaking streamers on his Discord friend list so there was a limit to how many people he could message, but he wants to add more people (he has 5 planned already)

Lore is dependent on what the people on the server do, he likes more freestyle flowing RP

There's no big team behind the server, it's just Tubbo and Tango helping him with some things he might not understand (however, he has a team he wants to use for the New Year Event he has in mind). He may look into getting some admins to help enforce rules

He made it so players can play Realm SMP with default Minecraft, he doesn't want to overwhelm people with too many mod downloads.

There is NO mod pack! Realm SMP is vanilla, it's just custom texture packs and plugins.

Tubbo says he's been overwhelmed by the amount of support it's received so far, but he's a bit nervous too

He says he doesn't have Missa added on Discord but he tried to contact him (?)

No set classes, but people can specify their skill points to unlock certain things on skill trees and build their own classes

There IS a life system (😰) but it's a bit different. There's 3 lives — if you die 3 times you're out, but it's only semi-hardcore because when you die, your stats are set to 0 and you're in spectator-mode, but players can craft an item to bring you back at 1 life and you get all your stats back.

There's no "downing" system, if you die you did, you can't be picked back up like on QSMP

No "keep inventory" on death

There's no limit to the amount of times you can be resurrected (thank god) Tubbo says it would kinda suck otherwise because then people would just get banned off the server at some point after dying x amount of times

The Nether IS enabled, the End isn't enabled yet because Tubbo wants to make a cool custom boss fight.

There will be proximity chat

Etoiles (in chat) asked about armor and Tubbo tells him he'a really glad Etoiles agreed to join, even though he wasn't planning on doing much Minecraft stuff anymore

Streamers can play off-stream

Tubbo says he has a "Badboyhalo Contingency Force" (it's Tubbo and Tango)

Tubbo says the Realm SMP concept came to him in a dream

Mob strength will scale as players "level up"

Deaths to a bug or glitch don't count, but all othet deaths will

Events won't be all PVP-based because he wants people to enjoy the events even if they aren't a huge Minecraft player

Two banned items: mending books and elytra, which will be tied to future events

Tubbo says he's happy to do anything himself, but if anyone really wants to be an admin, it'd be voluntary like a Twitch mod kind of deal since it's just him and Tango. (He already has a team of people he goes to for admin stuff, it wouldn't be random people being admins)

In the hour before the server launches, he'll be showing off server features

He reminded people in the player Discord it's just for fun, the life system isn't meant to be competitive and he doesn't want sweats to be dicks about it since not every player is a big Minecraft player

He has a 6 month timeframe in mind but it'll last as long as people want to play, if it fizzles out in a month then it fizzles out in a month, it lasts as long as people play it.

There will be NPCs "When he gets them sorted" but he's a one-man army doing everything

He reminds people to "manage their expectations" because he's only one guy – he can't do events like Purgatory like Quackity because he doesn't have a massive team like he did.

He says if his merch stuff goes well then maybe he can get 1 or 2 people to help with the Realm project

Tubbo is still answering Q&A stuff on stream right now, but these are the biggest things he's said so far!

[phoebejaysims]

Boutique Mod - DOWNLOAD

Inspired by the sims 2 shopping for clothes system, I present a sims 3 take on buying clothes, accessories and running a thriving boutique! Set up shifts, keep the racks stocked, and you might find yourself in profit!

Required:

Ambitions

NRAAS Master Controller + Integration Module

Optional:

ITF if you want to use the clothes mannequin and some visual effects.

Late Night if you want the animations for the security guard.

Seasons for extra interactions on the mannequin.

Savvy Seller Set for some visual and audio effects.

Full Documentation is included in the download. I spent a while writing it out, so please read thoroughly!

How Stores Work:

Set up a shift

Hire Employees (bosses count as employees so stores are fully functional with only one sim!)

Link at least one rack to the register

Open for business!

Employees:

Store employees can be given three types of roles: register attendant, sales attendant and security guard.

Employees will do their jobs automatically but you can always manually tell them to do things too like: restocking, dressing up mannequins, helping customers, among other things.

Customers:

Inactive and active sims can browse through the racks and have the ability to purchase items. They'll interact differently depending on if they are shopping at a clothes rack, accessory rack, or at a mannequin.

Inactives won't purchase outfits from mannequins unless you direct them to (or you enable auto-purchasing in the XML). However, they may "fake" buy clothes.

Once finished shopping, customers hold their bags and wait to be rung up! Take too long and they may abandon their purchase.

Shopping:

Adjust prices and restrict customers by age and gender to customise your store!

Clothes Racks:

Buy Clothes for your own sim, sims in your household, or (if you're an employee) suggest clothes for customers.

Employees that suggest clothes for customers can fulfil Ambition Stylist jobs this way.

Accessories Racks:

Choose accessories to be sold by adding them to the XML in the package file. The XML comes loaded with a few base game items already plus a couple modded items (Arsil's Sunglasses and lipstick - that won't be loaded unless you have them installed).

Sell buy-mode items as well as CAS items!

Make your CAS items wearable from your sim's inventory using your own meshes or my dummy accessory (see Documentation and XML for details).

Blacklist certain categories from being shown. If you want a dedicated shoe shop or an opticians, you can have it!

Try on products before buying them to see if they suit your sim. If there's a mirror in the room, they'll check themselves out in it.

Clothing Mannequin:

Try on the mannequin outfits to see if they suit your sim.

Plan different outfits to display and even set them to be rotated through seasonally.

Let your employees be creative and choose a random outfit for the mannequin to wear.

Buy clothes for your own sim, household members, or customers.

Allow or disallow inactives from automatically purchasing display outfits.

Security Gates:

Give your security guards something to stand and look threatening by.

You can try your luck at stealing from the shop. If you're caught, you'll have to pay up. If you get past the gates (or if there are no gates), enjoy your bounty!

Boutique Door:

Cloned from the Savvy Seller doors without the annoying 'kick-every-last-person-out-the-building-come-closing-time' feature.

Link this to a register and let the open and close sign automatically flip itself. Also, close the store or rename it, straight from the door.

Phone Interactions:

Ask for time off work (paid or unpaid).

Call in sick.

Cancel vacation days.

Credits and Thanks:

@dhalsims for adding geostates to the ITF rack for me. Modders, I really recommend her if you need any 3D models made also!

DouglasVeiga for the BG rack with the geostates.

@aroundthesims for allowing me to use her objects in my mod as always!

Sims 4 for all the animations that I converted.

Simstate & merchant mods for the idea to go into a mode to link racks to the register.

The OG shop for clothes mod and pedestal by @anitmb.

Arsil and @zoeoe-sims for wearable CAS items idea that I adapted.

Ani's Candle mod & Amb. Makeover XML which I looked at for inspo on how to do accessory rack xml.

Compatibility:

All new objects so shouldn't conflict with anything really.

Removes the 'plan outfit' interaction from dressers.

Made on version 1.67.

If you would like to donate as thanks, please feel free to do so at: my kofi! I don't take your generosity for granted!

Download: - Simblr.cc - 2t3 Boutique Mod Suggested Extra CC: - Lyralei's TS2 Conversions (incl. clothes changing booth) - More ATS3 Security Gates - ATS3 Friperie Set

Known issues, prop information and the full feature breakdown are all in the documentation.

Please be patient with me if there are bugs to fix. Also, anyone who DMs me "I don't know how to create a new shift" will be immediately fined £150.

With that said, please enjoy the mod and tag me in your beautiful boutiques,

Phoebe :)

[mylittleponyoh]

FPO Frameless Photos Override by MylittleponyOh

Hey Simmers, long time no see ! The Frameless Photos Override (FPO) is out ! How to install : Put the .package file in your mod folder. That's it ! What you should know before downloading :

This is an OVERRIDE of the existing pictures in game. Meaning it will replace all your existing pictures with my frameless mesh. Your existing photos will be fine, it just get rid of the Maxis glass frame, not the picture itself.

It's Base Game Compatible.

The live mode "add frame" feature is still usable with all the usual 8 swatches.

Build & Buy : The Design Tool is enabled for all your live mode framed version with all the original 8 maxis swatches.

It is compatible with all Growing Together and all Moschino frames yes even the digital ones !

It should be compatible with all CC frames that are using the Moschino and GT frames as a base as long as the original slots have not been modified.

✨ Tested OK with @surely-sims Closer Together Picture Frames

✨ Tested OK with @ravasheencc Epic Collage Frames & We Just Click collage

If you don't want this mod anymore : Removing this override from your mods folder will not delete your pictures !

Known Conflicts

Will conflict with any override that replaces the base game photos such as PBJ's Functional Photo Frame V2 or Yakfarm's Default Photos Replacement

BbyGyal123 Gallery - a mini frame collection (as it is using the amazing PBJ mod slots so the pictures will be off).

Let me know if you notice something wrong with this override here

Changelogs ✒️ 23/01/2025 1.0 Initial release

Download here (Patreon)

[thebleedingwoodland]

TS3 World Adventures - Mooncakes & Mooncake Machine Maker Remastered: Mooncake Mesh & Texture with Enhanced Graphics & Enabled to Buy Mode & Renamed Mod (All Languages) & Icons Replacement Mod

D E F A U L T   R E P L A C E M E N T

New custom Mooncake mesh & texture, to replace EA's "Fortune Cookies" machine maker and edible cake taken from machine maker with working Geostates & animation

EA's graphics from 512x512 with noise was enhanced to 1024x1024 with less noise and adding Simlish Hanzi to replace EA's "bad handwriting" texture on the machine maker. Click this picture below to enlarge.

Enabled to Buy Mode (Appliances > Miscellaneous Appliances), for easy access no need to type cheat "Buydebug" mode ever again.

STBL Renamed mod, from "Fortune Cookies" to "Mooncakes" translated to all languages.

月餅 （Yuèbǐng）= Moon Cake

ⓘ For language translations except Chinese, I use online translator to change word "Fortune Cookies" ---> "Mooncakes" & "Mooncake" depending on singular and plural context. Feel free to correct in comment section if you feel the translation and the grammar is wrong or I accidentally deleted other word.

Icons changed from EA's Fortune Cookies to Mooncake

Reason why I made the change:

Because Shang Simla is taking place in China, not American Chinatown, thus the portrayal of the cookies should be authentic of actual China in real life, not American cookies that are foreign to actual Chinese people. Fortune Cookies are U.S.A.- made cookies: American invention originating in California. History of Fortune Cookies (source: fancyfortunecookies.com) Mooncakes are cakes originated from China, dates back over 3,000 years to ancient China. Mooncakes are a traditional treat during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

Mooncakes are the must-eat Mid-Autumn food in China. They are a traditional Chinese pastry. Their round shape and sweet flavor symbolize completeness and sweetness. At the Mid-Autumn Festival, people eat mooncakes together with family, or present mooncakes to relatives or friends, to express their love and best wishes. Mooncakes are usually eaten after dinner while admiring the moon. History of Mooncakes in China... (source: chinahighlights.com) Fortune Cookies are made in USA and only exist in USA, but mistaken by USA people themselves as "Chinese" cookies just because the cookies are sold in American Chinese restaurant in USA. We actual Chinese live on our country have never seen Fortune Cookies, as we only know the presence of those cookies in Hollywood (U.S.A.) movies. Not just culture inaccuracy, I enabled this machine maker in Buy Mode section for easy access because this item must have been forgotten in the corner and only been played once when the player visit Shang Simla.

Colour & Presets: Same as original EA's: 3 Presets & original EA's Fortune Cookies Machine Maker colour channels.

How to Change Default EA's Fortune Cookies to Mooncake in Shang Simla world.

Fortune Cookies maker in Shang Simla doesn't automatically change to Mooncake due to different coding in-game.

❗You must buy Mooncake Machine Maker from Buy Mode (Appliances > Miscellaneous Appliances) to load the texture first, then travel to Shang Simla world, do "Reset Textures" using Nraas' Debug Enabler.

You need to install Nraas' Debug Enabler (Core mod by Twallan) in order to work correctly ❗

Follow these steps to reset textures: 

Click on the Fortune Cookies Maker > Nraas > Debug Enabler > Options: Lucky Factory Mooncake Maker > Object… > Reset Textures > (Choose one) All Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Appliances.FortuneCookieMaker or This Object

Requirement: World Adventures Expansion Pack

Thank you credits: - Simlish Hanzi: Komorebigo font by Deastrumquodvicis - Mooncake Vector: by Shutterstock - Mid-Autumn Festival Vector & Images by Freepik

Instance code compatibility: 0x010F16B00BA8342B

As usual, install one of these packages on Package folder. You can safely delete the package if you no longer want to use the default replacement.

[ Download Mooncake Machine Default Replacement ]

Language Translations: Click this picture below to enlarge.

[lilchamomil]

Hair texture tutorial.

Hello!

While I'm doing a new hairstyle, I wanted to share one topic that has been on my mind for a long time. I finally figured out a more or less easy way to create textures, and I really, really want to share it. I'm not going to explain the basics, so I expect that you already understand basic concepts like uv, and are familiar with baking ui in blender and know shader nodes basics (please, enable node wrangler...)

Also you'll need this add-ons for better uv manipulation and uv-packing

FIRST STEP - UV

To begin with, we need a hair model, preferably one you’ve created yourself. However, game hairstyles also partially fit these requirements, since they're colored in a similar way. I’m basically trying to replicate something close to the Maxis pipeline using the tools and methods I have.

The model should be unwrapped and shouldn’t have overlapping UV islands. If you used hair curves, your UVs are probably already rectangular. Just rotate and resize them as you normally would when applying game textures.

You can place some UV islands in the head’s texture space, where the hairstyle overlaps the mesh. You can also check the game textures for reference. There’s usually plenty of space used by the hair textures, not just that tiny rectangle in the top-left corner.

This is how my UV looks like:

To achieve this result, you can use free add-ons for uv packing such as UV-packer.

I prefer hand modeling over using curves, so my UVs look a bit different. I used the UV manipulation add-on I mentioned earlier to get them this way, but that’s not the topic for today.

IMPORTANT: All UV islands should be as straight as possible and oriented vertically. Otherwise, this method won’t work. This is crucial because the noise texture stretches vertically to imitate hair strands. It’s too time-consuming to handpaint them, and honestly, no one really does that.

SECOND STEP - Material setup

I - Go to the Shading tab. We’ll set up a small procedural node material.

If you’re not familiar with the shader editor or how nodes work, I recommend watching a few blender tutorials on the basics first. Othervise my instructions may be confusing for you.

You’ll need two nodes to start with: Ambient Occlusion and Noise Texture. Above, you can see an example of what you should get using this setup.

Use a UV Map node with your hair UVs. Usually, it’s called uv_0, or just UVMap if you haven’t renamed it yet. (I have multiple UV sets in my project because I was experimenting a bit.)

To get the correct mapping for the noise texture, connect the UV Map node to a Mapping node, and make sure you stretch the texture along the Y axis. This is exactly why your UV islands need to be aligned vertically, so the strands flow in the right direction.

I usually set the Noise Texture scale to 100���200 to get a nice strand-like effect.

Plug the Ambient Occlusion node into a Color Ramp to reverse the colors and adjust the contrast. Do the same with the Noise Texture. I recommend it to tone down the strong contrast a bit.

If you have the Node Wrangler add-on enabled (which I highly recommend), you can press Ctrl+Shift and click on a node to preview its output.

Use the result from the Ambient Occlusion Color Ramp as the Factor (think of it like a mask in Photoshop) in a MixRGB (color mix) node. Then, plug the result from the Noise Texture Color Ramp into the A socket, and set the blend mode to Multiply (again, just like in Photoshop).

You can control how dark the ambient occlusion appears by adjusting the color in the B socket of the color mix node.

After, I plug result into color ramp again to adjust contrast.

II (optional) - gradient.

Though not necessary, I do it to add a little variation to tones. You may skip it.

It makes little difference - but don't make mixing factor too high or it will be too dark later.

III - Principled BSDF and lighting setup for baking.

Although stretched noise texture with occlusion works wonders, hair wouldn't be hair if it didn't have shine. This “shine”, although it can be painted, is in most cases just baked-in highlights.

First, change the render engine to cycles and set following options:

You don't need too high amount of samples.

You'll need a little scene setup. If you have any lights, delete them.

Then, create two cylinders and delete top and bottom side. in the modeling make something like in the screenshot. Sometimes one cylinder above is enough.

Create material for them and use simple emission node. This cylinders are necessary for that gloss effect hair does have.

Create area light and scale. Put it above head - and set power around 10, not too strong.

In left top corner of shader editor switch to the world. Set it to black.

Go back into object shader editing. Select your hair in edit mode. Create Principled bsdf and empty image texture ( 1024*2048 or 2x bigger). Remember noise texture? Create bump node and plug it into height. Copy the values below to make effect subtle. Plug bump node to normal.

In principled bsdf, set metallic 1, roughness around 0.4. Open specular tab and put anisotroptic to 1. Create tangent node, change to Uv map, choose your map and plut tangent node into tangent.

Don't forget to plug principled bsdf into Material output node!!

Phew, setup is done! Go into render preview and enjoy results!

It should look like this:

Now we have to bake this. it's easy - go into render tab again, scroll down and open bake menu. Open margin menu and set 8 px at least - or more (just cut later to hair area). Change magrin type to extend.

Now, select your object - and select Uv map you're baking to. In shader tab, select blank texture you had created before. Go into render tab again, and in the baking menu press bake. Now wait - and voila!

Now go back into the shader editor and plug the texture into the color mixing node into B. Plug into A procedural texture we're done before. Set mode to Soft light.

Now, since you know how to bake I won't explain it over again - create new blank texture with same resolution and bake result to it.

Save the texture and color it in any graphic editor you have with gradient maps. You may adjust texture contrast we're created before, but that's all.

You're done!

Here, in part 2, I will explain how to color this grayscale texture.

[queen-of-gotham]

BlueLock boys with a hacker significant other? Say less babe.

For ✨this✨ request, thanks anon ❤️😭

Featuring: Isagi, Rin, Bachira, Sae, and Baro

✨Chigiri, Nagi, Kunigami, Shido, and Oliver here✨

💚Yoichi Isagi💚

Isagi is stressed. He’s over there pacing and over analyzing the formations his team will be playing in an upcoming match and mumbling about how they’ll probably lose if their striker keeps favoring his left. You’re cuddled up nearby on the couch, calm as ever.

“Mmm. You’ll be fine, Yoichi. The other team’s ace always pulls a hamstring when he overextends. He’s got scar tissue from a previous tear. It flares up when he’s stressed. Don’t worry.”

He stops pacing, looking at you confused, “… how do you know that?”

You blink at him innocently, “Oh. I read it in his physical therapy records.”

His jaw drops. “His what now?”

“His physical therapy records.”

Turns out, you’ve been quietly feeding him subtle intel for months. You just never thought to mention the whole “I’m a black-market information broker and top-tier hacker with encrypted deals across half of Japan’s underworld and media outlets.”

Isagi is half horrified and half stupidly in love.

“You hacked into… his medical records… for me?”

“Well yeah, babe. You were worried.” 🥺

He pulls you into a hug like, “I don’t deserve you but I’m never letting you go.”

😐Rin Itoshi😐

Rin is in that broody, pre-match mode he gets into. He’s scrolling match stats and muttering about the foreign midfielder on the other team being unreadable.

You’re standing in the kitchen buttering some toast, “he’s not unreadable, Rinnie. His footwork gets sloppy if he’s stressed. Like when his side mirror got knocked off, or when he got pulled over for speeding. I’ve seen it in the traffic cam footage and it directly correlates to that man’s playing style.”

Rin blinks, lifting his head up to stare at you, “… what traffic cam footage?”

“The one from his home city. Don’t worry, he’ll be benched. He’s got a court summons next week for reckless driving.” 🙂

You go back to buttering your toast, and Rin stares at you like you’ve grown horns.

He’s very quiet for a few minutes. Processing. Calculating the danger of ever cheating on you (he wouldn’t, but STILL). Then he nods once and says, “you’re dangerous. I like that.”

He’s weirdly proud of the fact that you’re lowkey terrifying.

😄Meguru Bachira😄

He’s bouncing on your couch, mid-rant about how “that one defender with the annoying nose” always reads his movements like a psychic. You’re beside him, playing with your phone.

“Oh, that’s because he watches your footwork clips on 0.5x speed and runs eye-tracking software to simulate your dribbling patterns.”

Bachira stops, and stares at you, “…what?”

“I found the program installed on his gaming laptop. It’s low-tier but clever. I upgraded his code and left him a little message in it.”

He grabs your phone like it’s possessed, “what kind of message?”

You grin, “I programmed your monster into the UI. It screeches every time he opens the program.”

Bachira ABSOLUTELY loses his mind, in a good way.

He’s now clinging to you like a koala, shouting, “YOU’RE SO COOL!”

Later, he’s like, “Babe. Babe. Can you make a program that growls at Rin everytime he walks by me??”

You have no idea if you’re helping or enabling, but hey, he’s thriving. (And he also think you could steal the moon if you actually applied yourself)

❤️Sae Itoshi❤️

You’re stretching with him pre-game and he’s watching footage of a rival player as you do. It’s become routine, what isn’t routine is what you casually rattle off, “He’s all right. Wouldn’t trust him though. Tax fraud in ‘22. Media buried it. If he gets MVP, the payout will be laundered through his uncle’s company again.”

Sae stops mid stretch, but doesn’t look at you, processing, “… you tracked his family finances?”

You shrug, picking up your phone and tapping away at it, “I track everyone. Want to know if your manager actually forwarded that bonus check or kept it for himself?”

Sae is amused. Slightly terrified. Leans over to kiss your temple and mutters, “Remind me to never piss you off.”

He loves the idea that his girlfriend is this genius level hacker playing puppetmaster behind the scenes. He starts asking you for help on contracts. On brand deals. Maybe a little too enthusiastically.

👑Shoei Barou👑

Barou’s been brooding in the kitchen, grumbling about how some striker keeps faking out the defense. You come in, sipping a smoothie, “He uses the same plant foot every time. Can’t pivot right, old ankle fracture. Rehabbed poorly.”

Barou just grunts at you, so you add, “I have the x-rays if you want it.”

Barou chokes on his protein shake, “THE FUCK?!”

You show him your phone, swipe to the folder titled “⚽ Idiots” and scroll through a disturbing amount of dossiers on old Blue Lock players, coaches, rival teams, and several politicians.

He crosses his arm, glares, “Tch. Fine. But if anyone asks, I got that intel on my own.”

He’ll come back 20 minutes later asking if you can hack into a dietician’s files because he’s pretty sure his nutritionist is lying.

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