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V1: Willow Creek + Magnolia Promenade 🏠

The Neighborhood is a CC-free save file that explores the concept of home. V1 celebrates the vibrant communities of the U.S. Gulf Coast. ❤️

This is what comes in V1:

13 community lots

22 total residences (includes 3 multi-family rental lots, 9 single family homes)

New High School & Auditorium in Copperdale (+8 school staff townies)

Secret lot (Sylvan Glade) reimagined

17 unique households with skills, jobs, relationships, and stories that tie into the town

New clubs and holidays

Download, screenshots & more info below ↪

The wonderful Ly family in Willow Creek was lovingly created for the save by @cowplant-snacks. All other neighbors were made by me, you can meet all of them here! Pets are from Pugowned, misc. townies from @cowplant-snacks and @simsontherope on the gallery.

There's lots of little details and things to explore, both around the world and relationship wise, so I'm excited to see what y'all uncover. Please feel free to @theneighborhoodsave in your posts or tag #theneighborhoodsave. I'd love to see what your sims are up to!

I also want to say thank you to anyone who's appreciated this creative journey with me. This save feels like home to me and y'all have supported me every step of the way!

Download the The Neighborhood save on SFS

Alt: Google Drive

The save is 100% CC free! Please note that I do have all expansions, packs, and kits (except for Castle Estate, Goth Galore + Crystal Creations.) For any items you don't own the game will try to auto find replacements for those items. The file is mostly blank this time around but does include the original EA builds in university and vacation type worlds (sans Granite Falls.)

Included is a folder of completely optional skin details/eyelashes for the neighbor sims. Thank you to @faaeish, @pyxiidis, @tamo-sim, and @landgraabbed! There are 4 pieces of CC I cannot include in the folder due to creator TOU. Please check the included "Read Me" file for more information.

All builds and families are up on the gallery (@sweetbeagaming) + tray files have been shared here.

If you've never used a save file and need help installing it, I highly recommend this tutorial by @leeleebsimming.

⚠️ A couple of disclaimers here due to some existing EA bugs. ⚠️ Everything was tested to work around these, but I wanted to put them out there as an FYI.

TOU: Please don't reupload my save/builds/sims, claim as your own, and absolutely do not paywall them. Other than that feel free to build your own Neighborhood stories however you'd like!

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foundry cove neighborhood 🍃

at the very beginning of my account, I had shared a first version of the foundry cove neighborhood. nevertheless, I thought a lot about the style i wanted for my save and decided to redo everything. this neighborhood and willow creek central park are the most "swampy" parts of the city, unlike the other neighborhoods where you can find exotic plants. foundry cove is also the poorest part of the city, and it's also very poorly maintained, which is why it's polluted by a lot of garbage on the street.

you can find here:

a restaurant (a snack)

a national park

a two-unit residential rental

a three-unit residential rental

a vacation rental

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final version of courtyard lane in willow creek.

as you can see, I used tool all over the neighborhood to give that new orleans spirit who is sometimes missing in willow creek. I took the opportunity to add a better park and a mini colorful market, so your sims have always more things to do here. I had a lot of fun with the gardens/porches of the houses in this neighborhood, but I do not think we see them enough in these photos, I will show you this in a future post. 🌴🍃

details about the neighborhood below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

in courtyard lane, you can find:

a dance bar,

a bakery/coffee,

a residential house,

a residential rental with 3 units,

a residential rental with 2 units.

because I consider willow creek to be a nocturne city, I found it interesting to add a place where your sims can go to dance but without that nightclub vibe, I wanted something for the entire family. my goal for my save is that each city has a unique feeling by focusing on different themes each time. for example, since I consider willow creek (or new orleans) to be a night city, it will contain bars/restaurants/places to dance. I have many other ideas to give this city a special atmosphere, I can’t wait to show you!

I hope your sims will have fun here!

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Silent Pines, 1998

Hey everyone! Welcome to Silent Pines, a base-game save file consisting of the 3 major worlds, a whole new set of townies, and a complete mystery to solve.

While I'm still working on it, I wanted to share what I have of Silent Pines so far. The world consists of;

Willow Creek as Silent Pines

Oasis Springs as Eclipse

Newcrest as Twilight Bay

SCREENSHOTS UNDER THE CUT

I used S4Studio to rename all the worlds, and I've been decorating all the neighbourhoods with T.O.O.L. As I said before, Silent Pines is completely base-game friendly, absolutely no packs or kits are used. There is some custom CC, mainly posters that add to the story. The CC is one package file and adds nothing other than some customisation to the story. It is not required. For example the missing poster of Cleo Emerson, a girl who disappeared under mysterious circumstances you might see in Silent Pines;

Silent Pines is heavily inspired by Life is Strange, the Windbrook save file, florwalsims' Portsim save file, as well as the hazy nostalgia of the late 90s and early 2000s. I'll update you all as I finish builds, and I hope I can get the first version of Silent Pines up soon!

Love from, Silent Pines.

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the beginner's drama challenge by @cosmoosims

*base game only*

Eight generations, each with their own unique storylines and drama-filled tasks to complete! I started making this sometime last year when I had less packs and mods than I do now (I literally only have 4 packs lmao) and I wanted something base-game friendly that also forced me to play emotionally different than I do now.

This is a base game challenge but feel free to use any and all mods/packs/etc to make it your own!

Feel free to play along with me, and post your own images using the tag #bdc :)

GOOGLE DOC

for the goals of each gen, click the google doc above!

Gen One: Evil Mastermind

Backstory Who says all villains are heartless? Despite aspiring to be the greatest criminal the world has ever seen, this Sim can’t help but want to begin a long, fulfilling generation. Being a criminal isn’t the wealthiest career but this Sim vows to give their children everything they want! Now, if only they could keep their evilness in check…

Gen Two: Adrenaline Junkie

Backstory Living with a criminal has turned this Sim into an adrenaline junkie! They crave adventure and anything that will get their heart racing. What better than to become a Secret Agent and work for S.I.M? As well as getting high on life, this Sim loves to make others laugh. Unfortunately, sometimes their jokes can be a little on the mean side, which doesn’t earn them many friends…

Gen Three: Homemade Hermit

Backstory This Sim's parent was always on the go-go-go and now all they want to do is settle down for a quiet life with only their paintings for company. Unfortunately, sometimes their independent nature gets the best of them, causing a rift in both family and friendships alike. Because of this, this sim is seldom happy tied to anyone, and often pushes others away. The only person they want to be with is a ghost they haven’t seen since their childhood…

Gen Four: Villainous Valentine

Backstory After living a sheltered life, this sim just wants to live a little! If that means breaking hearts left and right, then so what? Growing up alone has numbed them to human emotions, including their own. Oh, well! At least they have money to console them, and an increasing pile of bodies…

Gen Five: From the Ground Up

Backstory All this sim wants to do is rise to the top as an Athlete and destroy their competition. After running away from home as a teen, they're more motivated than ever to become the greatest. But their carelessness gets the best of them and soon they end up with too many kids and barely enough money to feed them! Guess it's time to pack up their dreams and crawl back home to a parent they hate…

Gen Six: Style Influencer

Backstory This sim’s parent did the best they could, but growing up with so many siblings really grated them the wrong way. There was no attention left for them! Now they’ve moved out and found their true passion in creating and crafting outfits, but that little spark of jealousy has never left them. Dating taken sims has its ups and downs, but one thing’s for sure; at least this sim is taking attention away from another!

Gen Seven: Ground Control to Major

Backstory This sim’s parent always had their head firmly planted in the ground, but they can’t help that theirs is somewhere up amongst the stars. Everything seems to be going well down on Earth, especially when they marry and have kids with the love of their life, but what could be going on up there on Sixam? What lies in the great expanse of space? This sim has to find out, even at the cost of their family…

Gen Eight: That’s 50’s Show

Backstory Having an absentee sim as a parent has messed this sim up in a big way, but they’re determined to work through it. Sure, a white-picket fence and kids running around the house is a dream for them, but it’s a lot harder to stay committed than it looks. Feeling trapped, this sim can’t help but reach out to someone that isn’t tied to as many responsibilities as their partner is…

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the joy of life legacy challenge by @simelune 35 generations to keep you playing.

as i was looking for legacy challenges that were being updated as new packs came out, i had the thought "hey, why not just write one myself?" so here we are! i'll do by best to add new generations as time goes on, but seeing as this already has 35 (!!) generations, i think we'll be okay for a bit.

a few notes:

this challenge incorporates mods. i tried to include options for players who do not use gameplay mods, but some generations are built around them.

this challenge uses (almost) all packs. some generations are based off specific packs though, so you could pick and choose which gens you want to do.

this challenge has story aspects. there's a lot of room for you to come up with a story yourself each generation, so have fun with it!

some generations are longer and more involved than others! this is meant to give you a bit of a break and provide variety between generations.

GOOGLE DOC

please feel free to tag me if you try this challenge! i would love to see how you interpret some of the story aspects and seeing your simmies makes my day <3 you could also tag it with "#tjol challenge" / "#tjolc" if you prefer!

if you have any questions or feedback, my inbox is always open.

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sunblind;

*The landscape images above, excluding the title image, were taken with only dof, edge smoothing, and mxao enabled. none of the coloring has been edited in any way*

Created with patch version 1.95.207.1030

Sunblind is a fully custom, realistic lighting overhaul created for The Sims 4. Unlike my previous mods, none of the lighting in this mod is based on existing EA lighting and each world is individually tuned to ensure the best possible fit. Some other features include:

∴ Vivid color shifting sunsets and sunrises, with deep, saturated shadows and a unique summer sunset

∴ More realistic daytime lighting - less blue than ea’s default, but still somewhat saturated to better emulate light bouncing (Unlike no-blu mods, which entirely desaturate daytime lighting and shadows)

∴ Ultra dark, desaturated lighting and shadows late at night

more details and download over on itch! (free)

PS: This was a pretty massive undertaking and required a lot of testing on my part. I feel pretty confident that I caught all of the weird little lighting bugs (that I caused <3), but if you see something that seems off when compared to the various previews I’ve posted, please let me know! Even if you’re unsure if what you’re seeing is odd lighting, send it my way and we’ll figure it out ✨

Update 2/13/2023: fixed sunrises having the wrong shadow color during spring, added files for EP11 (cottage living) which were not present somehow (?!?!?!?)

Update 2/19/2023: fixed overly bright daytime lighting on Mt. Komorebi’s summit and base camps, fixed “negative shadow” bug that sometimes occurred late at night in seasons other than summer

s/o to @/pictureamoebae for helping to find this bug and testing these changes out!

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hey, it's cosmo🐄

Hey, I'm cosmo! I'm recently 20, and I'm a college student from Ireland.

I've been playing the sims for around 2 years now, but I've been a fan since the sims 3 days. I love aesthetic gameplay mixed with fun challenges, so I decided to make a simblr that combines my two favourite things :)

I'll be posting a mix of current households, legacy challenges, and cc finds. One day I think I'd like to start a YouTube channel, but first I need to get past gen 1 of any family at all lmao.

If you're a simblr account, please follow/reblog/like or comment or anything! I'd love to find mutuals.

Thank you sm -- love, C. 🐄

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hi moon babies ✨🌜 here is my male cc haul for you all that was requested! the links to all the cc is on my patreon page, which is linked in the youtube video! i hope you enjoy, these items are a must for me in CAS, and i got to use my beautiful Charlie that I recently made and he’s so beautiful 🥺🌈💗 a lil about me: im maysie (she/they) and im a storyteller, youtuber and twitch streamer who is obsessed with plants, dogs, video games and simblr! 🍄

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miles moody - a sim

-- c. 🐄 wcif friendly!

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Build-A-Sim Icon Pack!

I’ve often gone absolutely feral just trying to find one trait for editing. Unfortunately, a lot of icon packs are outdated, missing things, or are not labelled so you have to dig for them. What started as a simple folder quickly escalated and now I bring you the ultimate icon folder for traits, careers, aspirations, and more!

There are over 1400+ images that I’ve carefully sorted, properly labelled for searching, and made sure to find the highest pixel size I could for each icon. The majority of which are 128 pixels, the ideal size for editing. The sizes of icons that available in the game are outside of my control, so some will be smaller.

The full list of categories and types of icons, resources I used, photoshops psds I recommend, list of missing icons, and download are below the cut. ⬇

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