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Back to Sims 2. ;)

Working on an old project. Step 1: six-tile balcony window.

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Hey everyone it seems there a malicious individual trying to hack the sims cc community again and fill it with malware you need to stay vigilant as a creator and a downloader so

i have some tips for both to stay safe while downloading:

1- sims cc file extension is always .Package never download anything that is .exe

2- do not auto unpack zip files and rar files into your mods folder directly, open each zip or rar individually check the file extensions and drag them to your mods folder one by one

3- the only mods that have a .ts4script extension are ones that affect gameplay or how the game works, understand that if you are downloading cas or bb items you shouldn't have a .ts4script file

4- if you are downloading gameplay mods that do have .ts4script make sure that A) the creator hasn't announced on their pages that its infected B) you are downloading from a link provided by the creator of the mods themselves not something off of google or a link you got sent and make sure dates of upload match dated of announcements

5- if the mod or cc creator has retired and hasn't posted for a while LOOK AT THE DATES OF THE UPLOAD if it has been "updated recently" after the creator has left the community its most likely re-uploaded by a hacker and infected

6- download mod gaurd by Twisted mexi and keep it updated and keep your windows defender or malware detector Program up to date and always running do not disable it

7- make sure everything you download comes from a direct link from the cc creator, in this day and age do not trust link shortners, adfly, linkverse, etc get the universal bypass extension and ublock extension to stay safe but genuinely NEVER CLICK ON THOSE no matter how much the creator reassures you its safe it. is. NOT.

8- this is more of a general saftey precaution but, create a system restore point weekly before you run the game with new mods that way if anything happens you could have a chance to restore your windows to an earlier date before you downloaded anything.

9- BACK UP YOUR SHIT im serious right now either weekly or monthly put your files somewhere safe like a usb a storage card a hard drive even an online cloud if you dont have any of the previous.

10- files you should back up are your media from games and media everything else, any mods, games saves, work files, passwords, saved bookmarks, any documents txt files word files pdfs, links you saved, brushes or actions for Photoshop if you have any, any digital bills or certificates if you have any, and keep a physical list of all programs you have installed and where you installed them from

11- turn on any 2 factor authentication and security measures for any account you have

12- google and firefox have the option to check your paswords and emails against any data leaks USE THIS FEATURE and change any leaked passwords

13- regularly check your logged in sessions to make sure all the logged in devices or computers are yours and log out any that aren't and any old devices or unused sessions do this for every website and app you have an account on if available

14- change your passwords often. I know this is a hassle i know its hard to come up with new passwords but changing your passwords every few months will help you against anything mention previously that wasn't detected.

15- and as a cc creator check your cc and the accounts you host cc on and its uplaod and update dates make sure nothing has been changed without your permission :(

16- generally try not to get swept up in the "i must get it" fever you do not need to "shop" for mods weekly or monthly you do not need to download everything by that one creator you do not need to download new cc everytime you want to make a sim, im guilty of this so i know how hard it is to resist but take a breath and think "do i want this or do i need it" before downloading.

These are prevention methods i cant claim they are 100% will prevent any hacking but its better to be safe than sorry and these do keep you safe so

Brought to you by someone who has had their laptop ruined and data leaked from downloading cc once upon a time

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Labadi Collegiate

(an African inspired uni campus 🌎 )

I kept it small, this lot has a registrars office, library/study space, auditorium, and community garden. Outside is a food stall, clubs table, student store and parking 📚

my legacy heir is an environmental science major so this is all for her 😂

still a work in progress but I’m obsessed so far

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Decorated for Christmas Cloverhill Town Hall

Nevermind not-seasons-friendly trees on the background

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Wishtown Town Hall.

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Green Fitness - a modern mega-gym!

Watch the speed build here

Download on MediaFire

Download on ModTheSims *coming soon*

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I finally built something on the other half of the lot. Thank you again @yandereplumsim for helping me fix the roof. :)

The restaurant only has patio seating (my sims always choose to sit outside in the cold/snow/rain when I don’t want them to, so why not indulge them). It should be all functional and stuff, since most of the deco outside is placed on walkthrough blocks, but you never know till you load up the lot and the stomping/waving begins. :p

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Prédio Residencial:

Ed. Long Bridge #Ed.LongBridge

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Eric's little house! I downloaded it from Lillidew on MTS and altered the floorplan a little bit!

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a fever dream - aka a pit stop in local architecture and we're off again🏎️

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The Pink Inn - Briarcliff Harbor

Located in BH's lower (southern) district called Higgins Beach.

The house was heavily inspired by this pretty pink beauty from Bethlehem NH. (Link attached)

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Landgraab Luxury Real Estate - interior

from left to right: reception - east meeting room - coworking lounge - showroom - cafeteria - west meeting room - CEO office suite - employee offices entrance - employee break room

This is the Landgraab's primary business, and where Malcolm can usually be found. He usually brings along Mimi and Dudley in hopes they'll develop some work ethic, but they unsurprisingly slack off, and can be typically found lounging in the employee break room (Mimi did help design it, after all).

This is my replacement for the Bluewater Real Estate Office in Cape Oasis!

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Pleasantview Masterpost

165 Sim Lane (Goth) | 215 Sim Lane (Pleasant)

150-170 Main St (Lothario/Caliente) | 195 Main St (Dreamer)

35-55 Woodland Dr (Broke) | 130 Sim Ln (Oldie) | 225 Main St (Burb)

95 Woodland Drive | 170 Sim Lane | 190 Sim Lane

105 Sim Lane | 210 Wright Way | 113 Wright Way

30 Lakeside Drive | 190 Main Street | 50-70 Middle Lane

10 Oak Street | Woodland Diner | Woodland Park

290 Main Street | 250 Main Street | 330 Main Street

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The second lot celebrating my shared Sims-terest board with @mikexx2 today is an apartment I built especially to play two of @mikexx2‘s sims, actually: Alex and Tammy. Unfortunately the whole thing got corrupted at some point, but I did manage to salvage the lot, and spend some time fixing it up and minimizing the cc.  Park Grove Apartments!  There are six suites, each have two bedrooms and one bathroom. Four of the suites have small patios, as well. They range from §1,904 to §2,023. I am showing a few rooms decorated with in Alex and Tammy’s style, but the download itself has very little cc. DOWNLOAD! Credits:  MsBarrows Shastakiss SelenaQ13

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I'm now on Patreon!

I set a little milestone for myself that if my blog ever hit 5k followers I'd start up a Patreon and fellas, we did it! I can't believe I got to this point in my silly journey and I have so much gratitude for all of you who got me here. There aren't any membership tiers, all posts are free and public, I just wanted another place I could share CC links. I'd also like to start doing more community interaction like polls and chats, so Patreon will be a great forum for that. In fact, my first poll is already up if you'd like a say in what my next recolour collection will be. I hope to see you over there ✌🏻

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does anyone else really hate the new trend of patreon creators locking free content behind the membership feature so you have to "join" their patreon just to download stuff a piece of CC?

it's so obnoxious. why are you throwing extra hurdles in the way of people who want to download your stuff? i can't imagine it actually drives more people to sign up for paid tiers. I think most people will click the link, go "oh I guess it's paywalled" and then close the tab, and then the haters (me) will click the tab, go "oh, that's annoying, I'm not going to download it now" and then close the tab

all it's going to do is deter people who might otherwise have downloaded or reblogged your stuff. it makes no sense no matter how you slice it.