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please stop individually linking every piece of cc in builds please please please i can’t take it anymore

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Project: Indoor Riding Arena for O'Neil Equestrian

Here's a little sneak peek of our new state-of-the-art indoor arena (that will hopefully be ready by this winter...but you know how construction goes 🤞)

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when you say "not so gentle reminder for this pride month: my blog is not a safe space for transphobes, homophobes, ace exclusionists, or terfs". what do you mean by not a safe space, are you going to abuse people for a different opinion or just simply block them?

bigotry is not an opinion. i have no problem being mean to bigots <3

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Welcome to TS Lavender Haze "Lave" from TS Stables, purchased from Lilac Ridge Estate.

unedited : 8/?? & ofc a photobomb from Peter who has to personally greet all the newbies.

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Welcome to LP Inevitable "Neville" from Lone Pine Estate (@lonepineestate) who is... definitely making friends with the ever curious An Awfully Big Adventure "Peter" from Silver Crane Estate.

unedited : 7/??

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2k25 Juneteenth Simblr Cookout!

Lets celebrate Juneteenth and come together as a sims community. Whether you are MM or alpha. a sims newbie or sims veteran- YOU are invited to the cookout.

Post your sims in their best hot weather outfit and what they bringing to the cookout (drinks, food ,dessert -hell even ice! don't matter).

spades (card table), dominoes (simbles) and line dancing on the dancefloor is encouraged! the kegs are ready and we got a slip and slide for the kids! June 19-22. See you there!

reblog to boost and use the tag #2k25jsc or #2k25 juneteenth simblr cookout

before you hop in my inbox or in the comments ( im (non-black) can i post my (non- black) sim. Yes of course, you are welcome but do your research as to what Juneteenth is and its significance if you join us

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Yearlings MSH Anam Fiáin "Leigh" & MSH Réalta Gealaí "Keeley" half sibling Irish Sport Horses bred by Miller Sport Horses (@wolfsongstablests4)

📍 Youngster Herd #4 "They've been each others shadows since the day we brought them home. Their coming separation is gonna be rough on everyone." unedited : 6/??

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Chlorine and sunshine (aka swim club after hours).

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and what are we going to do when the HP series comes out and we start seeing a resurgence of the fandom here including gifsets and fics. like are u guys gonna bring up your neurodivergence and cry "can we separate the art from the artist!!!!! you dont need to pay to watch it!!!!!its my comfort show and I'm DEPRESSED and AUTISTIC"

what then

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TS Shake It Off "Tavie" from TS Stables ridden by Millie Dowell & Maanvlam I "Vi" from River Blue ridden by Prue Lindgren. Including, though not pictured, BSS Spring Day & Dämmrung Will Die both ridden by Prue Lindgren.

📍 HJA Local Hunter Jumper Weekend hosted by Hunter Jumper Association 🏆 CLASS 7, 1.30m: 3rd & Most Potential, Dämmrung Will Die 🏅CLASS 6, 1.10m: 5th, TS Shake It Off - CLASS 2, 3'3": 8th, BSS Spring Day

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all these horse girlies (general, gender-neutral) were real quick to forget that she was a transphobic pos once she started to convert all that sims 3 cc you wanted.

anyways. happy best month of the year from this black queer t***** f** who isn't going to give space to the rampant amount of transphobia in this here sims 4 horse community 🏳️‍🌈✊🏿

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lmao a $42 tutorial to make CC...

ANYHOO:

Requirements You will need: Sims 4 Studio Photoshop (however you choose to acquire it), or an alternative DDS Plugin (unless you choose to save files as PNGs) Blender (any version between 2.76 and 4.3 - I use 3.3) The Basics

Recolours and Textures

The easiest thing to start with is a recolour. If you have some knowledge of photo editing software, this should be fairly straightforward, but if you’re new to it, the following tutorial covers it well: Recolouring Tutorial - Softpine

If you’re feeling confident with your recolours, but want to add a little extra to your textures, it’s worth checking out specular and normal files.

Speculars are my favourite thing for elevating CC (by that I mean covering it in glitter and sequins). This tutorial covers the basics:

Speculars - Teanmoon

Normal maps (bumpmaps) are a little different. They can give a 3d texture to an item without altering the mesh (within reason). Teanmoon also has a tutorial on that:

The Bump Map - Teanmoon

If you’re feeling extra (I know I often do), you can use emission maps to make your item glow and/or flash/twinkle.

Get to know emission the map - S4S

Meshing

Meshing is a little more complicated (or perhaps not, depending on what your strengths are. I recommend starting with the Blender Donut Tutorial (pick the one that matches your Blender version) to familiarise yourself with Blender. I didn’t do this. I went in raw from using Milkshape for over a decade (don’t start me on Milkshape lol) I would have learned faster if I did…

Once you’ve navigated the majestic plate of donuts, you might be ready for a touch of frankenmeshing! This tutorial covers the basics really well, as well as a touch of texturing:

How to Make CC Clothing for The Sims 4 - Powluna

@joliebean also has some great tutorials covering some of the more technical details.

Going forward:

So you’re feeling confident and want to mesh from scratch! There are 3980193890381 CC creators and a limited pool of meshes to frankenmesh, so you may want to create something new. Trust me, start with earrings and work your way down from there.

For the alpha girlies:

Start to Finish Marvelous Designer Tutorial by owlplumbob

I'm also happy to answer any questions people might have as they're starting out. I don't know everything, nor am I one of the top-tier CC creating girlies by a long shot, but I'll do what I can and try to sign post if I don't know.

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Updated Animation Override Options in new Sims 4 Studio

Note that in the new Sims 4 Studio the original "Override" option was now split into 2 (also see the S4S changelogs on the download page):

"Override" now creates a real override (same as you can add with the Game File Cruiser) with the name of the original EA animation. This option can be useful if you want to use or tweak EA poses/animations. Be aware though that a package created this way will probably have some extra content linked like events.

"Blank Override" functions exactly as "Override" used to work in older versions - it uses a renamed blank starter animation with no events. Same as the old "Override" option it also adds a setting to syppress lypsync. If this setting is missing, you might end up seeing your sims talking while posing/the jaw not posed correctly.

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Steep neighbourhood. Don't stand too close to the edge...

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🕯️ CC creators please make a masculine clothing line for fem frame sims 🕯️ please cc creators 🕯️ clothes for studs/butch/masc/NB ranging from awkward teens trying to figure it out, probably rocking their brother's closet all the way to the established hot elders and everything in-between please 🕯️ and include all body sizes, including plus size 🕯️

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Small changes in the Cul-de-sac

(Btw, if you're wondering about the trees in this photo, they are cc recolours I've been hoarding/ tweaking for a while, hopefully I can get to organizing everything to upload sometime this month!)

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do not forget the patron saint of these weeks that we celebrate ourselves proudly and openly in the streets

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

thank you, Marsha. we remember you.