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My version of the Nishidake lives in this house in Senbamachi :)

Nishidake House (exterior) - Senbamachi. 

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THE NISHIDAKE FAMILY

Here's my version of the Nishidake family ! Keep reading to discover their story. :)

(Their house was made by the extremely talented @ploufzizi along with the Onsen at which Sachiko works.)

Household description

The Nishidake are considered as pillars of Mt. Komorebi society, the rumor says that they are the sacred guardians of the place. Indeed, while Shigeru organizes the great fall of the Ito House by corrupting their first born during their martial arts class in his dojo, Sachiko takes care of her community, physically as well as psychologically. Kaori moved t Mt. Komorebi with her elders after her parents passed away mysteriously... She hass a cruh on Kiyoshi Ito - like half of the school - but can't keep herself from having a bad feeling when she hangs out with him. Maybe it's just the grief talking or maybe his family has something to hid in their mysterious mansion...

Sachiko Nishidake

Elder

Massage therapist at the Onsen (by @ploufzizi)

Wise

Loves outdoors

Generous

Chopstick savvy

Incredibly friendly

With the death of her son, Sachiko has now too many people to visit at the Mt. Komorebi cemetery. Indeed, her childhood bestfriend Asami Natsukashii rests there too. But grieving does not stop her from taking care of the ones left behind - like Kaori and Megum i- with good meals and massages. Her granddaughter has been a real ray of sunshine in the household ven though Sachiko's heart breaks every night when she hears Kaori cry.

Shigeru Nishidake

Elder

Dojo instructor

Hot-headed

Glutton

Cringe

Mentor

Chopstick savvy

Shigeru is a passionate iunstructor of martial arts but since the death of his son, his mojo has been fragile. He cannot stay calm no matter how much he meditates but he channels his anger towards the Ito family and their modernizatin plan... To ruin it, he influences his long-time student, Kiyoshi Ito. The last thing he wants is to betray his trainee but he needs to make sure that the son will never take upon the task of his father.

Kaori Nishidake

Teen

Extreme Sports enthusiast

Socially Awkward

Adventurous

Chopstick savvy

In the know

Kaori, who had always been of a cheerful nature has, since the death of her parents become a gllomy sim. The only thing that cheers her up is to spend time snowboarding. She moved from San Myshuno to Mt. Komorebi and has lost her friends in the process. Though she tries to hang out with teens here, she has a bad feeling in her gut especially when around Kiyoshi.

I hope you like them as much as I do, the Kaori-Shigeru duo is really fun to play because of their respective traits (Socially awkward and Cringe) and I absolutely adore sending Sachiko on hikes.

Shigeru's Dojo

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granite falls camp site 🏕🪵🔥

I spend so much time on this lot and then forgot to post it lol, but I am ✨obsessed ✨ I made it right after watching the quarry gameplay, and thought it was perfect for my teen scouts to hang out during the weekends and do all their little scout things but you know without the scary elements (although having a werewolf scare them half to death sounds kinda fun too)

the lot comes with 4 cabins, main house, outhouse and plenty of outdoor activities

gallery id: coffeepeaks

gallery name: granite falls camp site

price: 85.923

located in: granite falls

lot size: 50x50, 8+ 🛏, 1 🚽

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Keeping Lag to a Minimum...

I was chatting about a few things I do to combat lag over on discord and realised I do quite a bit of maintenance to reduce lag/load times. I decided to write em all down and before I knew it, I had a big ol' list. Here's hoping it helps!

Save/File Tips:

Clear your caches (located in the same spot as your mod folder fyi) I usually delete the onlinethumbnailcache, avatarcache and localthumbcache caches every time I exit the game, the main one to delete regularly is the localthumbcache file, they're just temporary files but it can get pretty big after a while.. if you're having any mod issues, particularly ui ones, it's always worth deleting that to see if it helps.

Remove any saves you're not using from your saves folder, and keep an eye on save file sizes. In my experience, any saves over around 30-40mb start to get a bit laggy. Things that bump this size up are the amount of townies in game and the amount of lots/objects in the world.

Regarding the above point, I regularly bulldoze lots I don't need anymore, just to save the game from having to cope with extra shit to load in the background and reduce save file bloat.

Similarly, I delete a lot of unnecessary townies. Also, try to keep the amount of outfits on townies to a minimum, ain't no townie need four swimsuit outfits, the game will thank you..

If you have cheats enabled you can usually shift-click/delete object on things like random coffee cups or stray cupcakes sims foolishly drop around the world (or eat em.. whatever tickles ur pickle) just get rid!

Whilst we're keeping objects in game to a minimum.. I try to clear sims inventories now and then, including townies. You can do this via mccc even if you're not currently playing that household by heading to MC Cleaner -> Sell Sim Inventory/Sell Household Inventory. RANDOM LUMPS OF CLAY BEGONE!

Think of a save file like a lot.. the more objects in it, the laggier it gets! Try your best to remove anything or anyone unnecessary where you can.

Hit "Save As" instead of "Save" now and then - the more you overwrite a save, the more chance it has of going wonky, treat your game to a fresh one now and then and remove the old one from your saves folder (maybe don't delete it right away in case you wanna roll back, keep it somewhere safe).

If you can (although ik it can be a pain) set up a new/fresh save, you'd be surprised how bogged down old ones can get! For legacy players, it's usually best to do this whenever you have a small family to save yourself some pain, since you can just save the household and take em to a new save (you will lose sims inventories/household inventories/relationships with sims outside the household tho so beware! Pictures/other collectables can be saved to a lot however, and you can always cheat back relationship bits etc.. bit of a last resort but new saves are shiny and fast!)

Make sure your Screenshots/Video folders are empty - move em somewhere else, it works, trust me. If you have a lot of custom music installed try n' clear some of those out too.. the smaller that Sims 4 directory is, the better.

Delete any last exceptions/last crashes (same spot as your mod folder again) you don't need em unless you're planning to upload em somewhere for help.

Settings Etc:

If you get a bad lag spike, opening the main menu and/or saving can randomly stop this. If it doesn't, try exiting the game, clearing your localthumbcache and restarting.

Clearing all notifications from the game panel can also help.

If you can, close all other apps and background apps you don't need whilst playing, ts4 is super memory hungry so it can definitely help.

The GraphicsRules Override file by Simp4Sims can reduce lag/latency and make your game look a little better in the process!

Srslysims Simulation Lag Fix mod can help reduce lag too (if you've altered the game speed via mccc tho, don't use this unless you plan on resetting it to default).

If you aren't keen on, or barely use a pack, consider disabling it.

Not ideal, especially for those of us taking screenshots, but lowering the graphics settings whilst playing definitely helps.

If you use re/g-shade, consider switching it off whilst playing and only turn it on for screenshots.

A clean and tidy pc/laptop runs better in general. Remove anything you're not using/don't need anymore to free up space, remove temp files, clean up your folders now and again etc etc.. especially that dreaded mod folder, speaking of...

Managing Mods:

SORT OUT YOUR MODS FOLDER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.. skdsjdjs it doesn't have to be immaculate but at the very least try n' clear it out now n' then. Also try to separate your script mods/overrides from the rest, patch days don't need to be so stressful ;-;

Personally, I don't merge my mods; if something breaks it's much harder to pinpoint! It makes it easier to find/delete specific mods too.. and let's face it, there's usually one or two items in that set you could do without lmaooo.. also, don't think it helps much tbh! Yeah you could say the game doesn't have to work as hard to load merged files but that's debatable, it's still the same amount of items/polys at the end of the day ¯\(°_o)/¯

If you like merging files and/or see results from doing so, you can merge stuff you definitely know you're never getting rid of, especially CAS/BB stuff.. but steer clear of merging gameplay/script mods! If a merged file seems to be the culprit when using the 50/50 method, try unmerging it and 50/50ing it again! You might not need to get rid of everything if something's borked.

Bulk Rename Utility can be used to remove all spaces and special characters from your mod files, the game doesn't particularly like loading those so it'll thank you.

The Sims 4 Mod Manager is a great way to sort through your mods, you can easily see, move and delete files from here (not great for build/buy, poses etc as thumbnails are usually missing, but great for CAS stuff). An extra hint with this that I've noticed is that if any of my mods get renamed with [D1] at the beginning after looking through them via the mod manager, it means it's a duplicate file so you can get rid.

I also use the Sims 4 Tray Importer to help me sort through mods. Simply save a sim/lot with any cc you don't want and find it in the importer, you can then go through all the cc in the cc tab and delete/sort it (I also use this to sort cc if a bunch has the wrong tags etc, makes it easier to find in my folders by saving em to a lot or w/e - it also spots duplicates which is handy).

It's a ballache, but the 50/50 method is tried and tested if you're having issues.

I like to keep an abandoned cc folder tucked away somewhere, that way you can remove mods willy nilly without stressing about losing them. If you change your mind, you can always grab it back!

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simblr goals for 2024.

PLAY the damn game!

that's it that's the list

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Profit, but at what cost ?..

Today I built a bakery in Windenburg and Clara seemed like the perfect townie to manage this little shop. I'm so happy with how it turned out though I had to move some clutter around the cashier thingy so it would work properly.

Update: the bakery s now called The munchkins because it belongs to the Munch family which, I feel, makes so much more sense.

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New active simblr !

Hi! You can call me astrxale, i'm a 19 yr old french simmer and i’m so excited to finally be joining simblr !

I've been a simblr stalker for 2 years and have been wanting to join for a while to have a place to share my screenshots! I’ll be posting casual gameplay so if anyone wants to be mutals, likes and rbs are welcome!

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Hi!

My name is Maë, I'm 19 and I use they/he/she pronouns. I've been playing the Sims 4 for 8 years now. I've been consuming Sims related content for longer and I want to start create too! I have been playing around with reshade for a while and I finally feel comfortable sharing my screenshots with the Simblr community ! I hope you'll enjoy my content as much as I love everything I see on here :)

(I don't think I've made any mistakes but if I did, I'm sorry, English is not my first language)

Ps: the first picture is my simself, I created them just for the purpose of this post, the other sim is my version of Lily Evans (Harry Potter) based on Jade Rosa (Windenburg's townie).

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The most noble and ancient house of Black...

but they're vampires, and Sims, and Walburga is Vladimir Goth's sister and Sirius has already left the house and they live in Windenburg; I think that's it.