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I put a query out about Skininator S4 and really, I think most people (at least in my circle) are not sure how it works let alone how it's 'broken' ... I really don't think it is, but again - I stress - I am not a CAS person and I don't understand the intricacies of what goes into making a skin. I got it to work for my purposes ....

I updated two things in Skininator to allow for the alien skin renumbering (the 'unknown' code 3005 'error') and added Fairy skins by only altering the XML file. Rather simple. This allowed quick for quick tagging. Using Skininator allowed me to also update tan/burn states with relative ease. If I had to do this with S4S it would be an undertaking looking at the code - finding the specific instance ... no fun.

Beyond that - I'm not sure what is broken about the program. It made light work of exporting the skin for editing for WW and as a base for adding tan/burn states when they were not correctly done. These are edited for personal use. I've been looking at the SimsInSpring skintones (modthesims has some - you can find others searching) but there are no tan/burn states and honestly - my edits on fantasy skins is a little different than a natural skintone. My guesstimation of color is fine when we're talking about a blue skin, for instance. I think it is time to retire those skins from my MOD folder.

If it helps anyone, I am uploading the XML file - save the original file in a new folder just in case. You should be able to drop this into the folder and tag your skins for fairykind. If there are other missing tags I am happy to help add those, but I looked through the different skin codes and I believe those are the two missing. That's the extent of my abilities here. Not a programmer - hopefully someone will pick this program up and fixes it properly for future skins. CMAR was a gift to our community.

Thanks to @eachuisge-cc for the phenomenal digitigrade mods. I had wanted to create fauns and satyrs for a long time, but this expansion really pushed me to explore it further - it requires WW which was why I suddenly needed WW capable skins.

DOWNLOAD UPDATED XML FILE

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Spencer is recovering nicely - still have about two more weeks of medicines, but he's showing signs of joy which is a massive relief.

His fur seems to be growing back rather quickly - one day he was white and then the next not so white. His incisions are mostly smooth - just a couple of straggling rough spots. Appetite is good - he's on a mostly fat free diet (1% fat chicken in dinner with a medium chain triglyceride supplement)

Today we went to the park with the whole* family (*not the cat). He did well - was the only one not panting by the time we got back to the car.

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Skininator S4

Anyone know of a decent tutorial for this program? I have had terrible luck finding something for the last version - found mostly stuff pre-tan/burn.

With the introduction of Fairies, what updates to this program are needed beyond adding a couple of codes for occult type? Changing/adding a few of the codes to the XML file allows the addition of the new occult (and corrects the Alien renumbering) but I don't know if that's about it to get it working well enough to use it.

Trying to update a few skin types for WW and the latest expansion. Have a skin that does not work correctly with tan/burn and now the fae occult type ....

CAS stuff perplexes me and ferreting out solutions in the age of (unwanted) AI guided searches is like trying to find a salt grain in a bag of sugar.

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Creators continue to save this game! Download if you have Enchanted By Nature

Disillusioned - Enchanted by Nature Fixes

Enchanted by Nature so far is aiight, but on god the QC with the items in this pack is like non-existent. some of the lights were search lights, some of the tables had sunken in slots and slots floating away from the item and some items had like 1 slot despite being able to support more... so I fixed it List Below

Burly Basics Cabinets The Double Tile Piece and the Outer Corner Piece had no slots despite being empty and supporting slots. I added 48 Slots for the Double Piece - 6 Large / 12 Medium / 30 Small I added 32 Slots for the Outer Corner Piece - 2 Large / 6 Medium / 24 Small I also removed the occluders to prevent them doing the going dark weirdness.

Mossfire Hearth Literally only had 4 SMALL slots. There's now 11 Small and 8 Medium Slots Arborous Ambiance Desk This one was ... weird. I didn't want to get in the way of the computer slots, There's now 12 small slots to the back end of the desk

Floating Wreckage Shelf This one got me mad, it had NOTHING slots wise despite being a shelf. There's now 3 Large , 7 Medium and 33 Small slots

Fungi Fixture Shelf it had ... 1 slot despite its sizing. and it was small!!! There is now 1 Medium slot and like 4 more small slots.

Leafy Ledge Dresser This had like no medium slots and 2 small slots. There is now 5 Large, 10 Medium and 27 Small Decor slots

Tiered Toadstool Shelves this also had like 2 slots... There is now 1 large, 2 Medium and 12 Small slots

Timber Slice Table Whoever made this slot setup should be fired. The slots were unusable and 2 of them were sunken into the tabletop. There is now 1 Large, 6 Medium and 19 Small slots and none of them should be sunken into the tabletop!

Petal Dance Sink There was 1 slot under the sink and a slot all the way out partying away from the object. I added 5 more small slots.

Floralux Ceiling Light This thang was a WHOLE search light. I toned the intensity down to match its wall friends

Floralux Floor Light The base of this light would go pitch black because the vertex painting was crap, so you couldn't see the cool glowing effect on the bottom It also was EXTREMELY bright. I fixed both those issues. Avery Acorn Nightlight It's supposed to be a nightlight, it was more a searchlight. I toned it down to be an actual nightlight.

Download - REQUIRES ENCHANTED BY NATURE Lights Fix - Slots Fix

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For a few years now I have had a different 'stand still' for CAS - it's currently broken, and while I wait for the expansion (and for many creators to release their mod fixes post expansion) I have been actively creating sims rather than to play my latest save. I forgot how ... annoying? they are if they are not standing still.

SO excited to have found this. THANK YOU!

Stand Still In CAS 4.0 - slider compatible

welp... it took awhile but I have finally done it

It was more laborious than I've thought but I finally made it! It should work for all life stages and all occults.

Technically it should work with fairies too, when they will come out (from the closed), but I have no way to test it right now, unfortunately

[more info and download (no ads) under the cut]

I've done 3 versions, like last time. The only difference is in infants - ver. A - standing, ver. B - sitting without pillow, ver. C - sitting with pillow

And the sim's face is more neutral than in maxis' version, like in the previous ones.

This mod is an animations override so it may collide with others like this.

HOW TO INSALL:

just download / paste the *.package files to your ../documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mods folder

download: [ SFS ] / [ GoogleDrive ]

I’m tagging @sssvitlanz @maxismatchccworld and @emilyccfinds because I simply want a bit more attention for my hard work ;w;

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Thank you to all who have inquired about Spencer and shared their well wishes. He seems to be on the mend. We're not counting our chickens just yet - he's got a few more weeks of medications and some follow up visits, but he is showing signs of feeling better - for instance, he proudly walked around squeaking a toy today.

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Is some kind soul aware of an existing mod that makes these things available by choice only? I'm having a year and this bathing outfit and these sandals (especially) are working my last nerve

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Trouble opening MY CC in S4S since update

Anyone else having trouble opening their collected CC using the MY CC button on S4S since thie last update?

If this is a known issue (which, of course, I cannot find) iis there a known fix?

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Well - Spencer is finally home. He was released today around 1:30. He's currently passed out on the office sofa. He's been a trooper through all of this, but he still wants to lick, so he'll wear a soft cone for two more weeks when he'll get a follow up with the office that directed us to UGA to begin with. They'll inspect the incisions/sutures (believe it or not those are internal) and an ultrasound to check for any fluid.

Apparently, while he was the darling of the care unit for most of his stay, yesterday he got a bit vocal and, by today, the crew was like 'When, exactly, is he going home?"

Here are some outtakes from his some of his sun/bathroom breaks towards the end of his stay at UGA:

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We are still optimistically hopeful that Spencer will be coming home soon. After the cat scan they confirmed that there were no leaks in his lymphatic system. Since Friday they have drained less and less fluid from his chest.

So - Spencer was treated for chylothorax. It's uncommon and difficult to treat. Effectively, his lymphatic fluid has been draining into his chest cavity which compresses his lungs so he can't breathe. The three procedures in his operation were to tie off a duct and get rid of a reservoir in his lymphatic system, as well as getting rid of a lining around his heart to reduce pressure in his cardiac system. This operation has an 83% chance of working. When he was freshly out of surgery things looked great - normal drainage. Then it looked bleak because he was filling up again with lymphatic fluid.

He now appears to have turned a corner - less and less fluid is needing to be drained from his chest and the fluid is clearer each time. At one point they were draining 240ml of fluid per day - today it's more like 80ml. It needs to be below 40ml a day for them to consider letting him leave.

He is getting steroids and the supplement Rutin. When we visited yesterday they said 'oh this is the most excited we've seen him' and to us it was like 'oh, hey.' so we've laughed about that. Today however he was very excited to come into the room and promptly lay down to get a (mostly) full body scritch. He looks thin, but his breathing is so much better.

We feel lucky and I know that sounds strange. We were directed to UGA Veterinarian Hospital vs a local very expensive vet practice that may not have had all the specialists we needed WHEN we needed them (thus running us all over GA to different offices). The ER crew and specialists at UGA are exceptional - they treated Spencer like he was their own dog. And finally, that we can juggle and finagle a way to pay for all this without sacrificing too much is a blessing. This could have been much worse financially and we could have still lost him.

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Hey guys - Spencer is not doing well. The operation(s) did not stop the leaks. He’s about to go for another cat scan to see if they can find the source of the leak. If it’s a bunch of tiny leaks and they can’t find the source, Spencer will not be coming home. We are holding our breath hoping it’s an obvious source. We’ve only had him for a short time and we’re coming up on a week that we haven’t seen him. He looks so sad / I fear he thinks we left him. The hospital has limited visiting hours and he’s far from us.

This is challenging on a few levels - financially we’re past five figures and we won’t know the exact total until we know what is happening. Surgery could be another success and then it’s not. We’re talking about options beyond A & B.

Emotionally we’ve lost two this year and Spencer was becoming a very bright light in our home - one of the sweetest and friendliest dogs we have owned. That bright light can sadly be the light that burns half as long, so it’s triggering the loss of Laika in me. It seems wildly unfair to lose a beloved pet at a young age. This is the risk you take and we are doing everything we can. It might not be enough.

Please keep us in your thoughts - it’s a big ask knowing the world is full of darkness right now, but I’m asking none the less.

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Spencer is out and recovering. He still has a drain in, but it’s normal surgical drain fluids, not the opaque lymphatic fluids. He’s also alert and hungry/thirsty, so, no more IV. Success - for now. We don’t know the next step or what to look out for - conversations we will have when we get him. Still don’t know when we can get him either.

The techs mentioned how sweet and cuddly he is - we love that they are sending photos. We miss him dearly.

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So I never properly introduced Otto - we rescued him May 17th and as sweet as he can be - he is a bit of a challenge. He is a chiweenie and the mix can introduce some of the 'best' qualities of both dogs. He's never known a food product he didn't like (including a dead cicada he swallowed before I could pry it from his mouth), and he loves to be close - like you can't leave him for two seconds or he'll have a meltdown. He's a covid-era aged dog so I have hypothesized someone got him and when they didn't 'need' him anymore they discarded him like an old covid test. He is adjusting a little slower than Spencer but he's getting there.

Speaking of Spencer - our other new dog (February 19th) ....

Spencer has been at the UGA Veterinary School for a few days because he is very ill. He underwent a major surgery today because his lymphatic system was leaking. Spencer was adopted as HW+ which is sadly common here in the south (and people suck, so there's that). This could have been a contributing factor or it could be an entirely separate condition that happened at the same time.

We noticed his breathing was a little strange - like, heavy like he had been running. We brought him to the vet - they left the room to take x-rays and quickly carried him back into the room and said 'carry him to your car and get him to the ER immediately' ... where they drained 720ml of fluid from his chest. He lost two pounds. We were given a treatment plan and before a week could finish we were back at the ER knowing what we should be looking for this time. They sent us to UGA which was a blessing. They have all the correct people in the same building and could move as quickly as they needed vs us trying to schedule with different specialists at the end of July or possibly August. As expensive at this has become, I can't imagine how we would have been able to deal with this waiting on appointments only to be told to go see a different specialist. He either would have died or we would have lost thousands to band-aid treatments that could have only made things more complicated.

He had three procedures done today and while this gives him the best shot at recovery, none of it is 100%.

We're hoping for the best - can't wait to get our little man home. Send your good mojo our way please.

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UI Exception Reports

I don't have any UI mods except UI Cheats which is updated. I still get errors around the high school. A user at the patreon site mentioned there is known issue but I am unable to locate a recent issue (since the updated file late May).

Anyone know?

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uuhhhhhhhh - this foolish thing was ticked. Apparently, I have *only* been playing for over 4000 hours and EA thought I needed assistance.

Okay ... WTF and how do I disable it? This popped up after the update (and updating UI Cheats, Better Exceptions, and BBB). Changes in build mode to other cheats.

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Okay ... WTF and how do I disable it? This popped up after the update (and updating UI Cheats, Better Exceptions, and BBB). Changes in build mode to other cheats.

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This basegame sink has no option to make it bathroom or kitchen ... I notice my sims run to another room to wash their hands after their business ... anyone know of a fix? There are A LOT of sinks that use this base so ALL OF THEM act this way. Don't want to delete a number of sinks.