#diy modding

[heathensimmer]

Mini tutorial on custom WantTrees!

If you want to edit this yourself, you need three instances in WantTrees. Thank you so much to @profesionalpartyguest for including the specific instances! Saved me a lot of time.

Don’t ever open WantTrees without doing this though: Copy and paste your WantTrees (in Program Files not Documents!!) into a safe folder. Do not open it while it is in your Program Files.

Then, when it is safely somewhere else on your PC, you can open it, edit it, and then just copy and paste it into your program files. I always make a BACKUP of the Maxis want trees when I do this. I keep a folder of several different WantTree versions actually and I change them based on the hood (for example, Roaring Heights is edited to have no computer wants etc.)

In WantTrees in SimPe, it will look overwhelming. But gradually you will get used to it. The three instances for “Break up” wants are 0x6DB3A03E, 0xADE345CE and 0xCDCE5F06! You can sort by Instance in the WantTrees package. Let's look together! First, ensure you are looking at this file in the RESOURCE LIST

You will see a very long list of text files. They are basically just Notepad files and you can export them as text files for easier use, but I just edit them in SimPe.

Open those instances that I mentioned by clicking on them in the Resource List and then switching to PLUGIN VIEW and you will see what looks like this

What you want to be looking for is this line:

This tells you the name (and the ID number directly after the name) of the Want that the game is trying to assess based on the selected Sim.

If it says "alphaTrigger" then it is a Want TRIGGER, which means an event that happens in the game that triggers certain wants, so don't mess with those!

From this first section of code, it looks like the game is applying the upcoming wants to becoming a teenager - with a TRIGGER of the Sim becoming a Teen.

Once we scroll down, we get to the next referred want or want trigger. This one is what you need! It just says "alphaFallInLove" so this is referring to the want to fall in love, NOT a trigger. This can be verified by using PickNMix's object and want spreadsheet to check the 8 digit code AFTER it says "AlphaFallinLove" : the want ID for this particular want is cdaa9450

So, this section will tell you the Want that it's referring to, but you still have scrolling to do!

THIS is the important section. This section is determining WHICH TYPE OF SIM can roll this want!

From this, it looks like the Want is weighted heavily (do you see where it says WEIGHT? and it's set to 100?) to be rolled by Family Sims, but there are some other details that I am not sure of, so let's just look at the "Break Up" want.

Ok, we found the actual want. Now to scroll down and see what types of Sims are coded to roll this want.

I would also suggest looking at the order of the wants that are referred to. It can be confusing to figure out what MAXIS was doing, but often, if you scroll down to the VERY END of the XML editor, you will see comments from MAXIS explaining the specific WantTree. But not with all of them! It takes some context clues!

So, as you can see, in the "Age" section, Teens are the only ones who can roll the Break Up want. All you need to do is change where it says "False" to true for Adults and Elders!

Then you can add your own customizations! In the aspiration section, it is coded that only Family aspiration can roll the Want to break up, but what about changing False to True for Pleasure Sims? Try it out! Also, to reiterate, do you see where it says WEIGHT? And how it is set to ZERO for all the sections? I would play around with that. I assume certain wants are WEIGHTED to be rolled by certain ages, aspirations, or personalities.

Also, let's edit personality! Why not? Let's change False to True for Mean Sims to want to break up, and Serious Sims! notice I also changed the Weight

Now, this is untested, but the worst that will happen is wants will get rolled that don't make sense for your selected Sim.

You can play around endlessly with this. Just don't touch the TRIGGERS, only play with where the actual WANTS are being referred to. And investigate the ORDER of the sections ... most of the time the ORDER of the sections suggests a PROGRESSION of wants being rolled.

Any more questions? If so, feel free to DM me. I'm at my computer a lot :)

Happy Simming and modding!

Fix for broken "Break Up" Want

my first ever mod, a fix for broken maxis coding, this case being the "Break Up" want. This want is now appears in the wants panel for adults and elders sims of all aspirations, instead of not being rolled at all. Download here Along with a version with @veronavillequiltingbee's want trees fix here.

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[thegothicalice]

“As the world falls down…” 🫧🎵

Finally modded this doll someone gifted me years ago into Sarah’s bubble dream dress from Labyrinth. Lots of layers of hand sewing iridescent ribbon and fabric, with custom painted eyes & makeup ✨

(Before and after under the cut)

[ryllen]

Will you show us how you make the shoes? Please?

mine is like bootleg of this tutorial here, bcs i use entirely different material (trash) to make mine

[doledition]

if only the devs weren't unbased, we could have had abortion and baby related trauma. can ygs be cool with abortion now instead of pretending that it somehow 'diminishes the trauma of the trauma sim'.

[egerinstudio]

[Egerin] Regular transparent headscarf

✨GIFT✨

Hello everyone!

I am very heppy to present to you something really beautiful: Regular transparent headscarf. 

The headscarf has 14 color variations.

Inspired by the TV series "The Magnificent Century".

You can find it here for free:

Egerin Studio Sims 4 | creating The Sims 4 | Custom Content | Animation | Machinimas | Patreon

©Egerin, Yehor Yeryhin 2024.

[skeleboy13]

do not leave me alone in a room with old boots and paint markers

[rival-legacy]

I modded a sweater for the first time!! Fabric paint is so fun but so hard to use!

[sew-much-to-do]

DIY Decoupage Oyster Shells

This easy DIY oyster shell craft is simple to make with napkins and Mod Podge. It's perfect for gifts or souvenirs. Decorate in beach house style with this decoupage oyster shell trinket dish project.

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sew-much-to-do: a visual collection of sewing tutorials/patterns, knitting, diy, crafts, recipes, etc.

[shan-nanigans]

Modding some thrifted jeans into bellbottoms~

[borninwinter81]

Another t-shirt mod

Because it's impossible for me to buy a shirt without doing something to make it more interesting 😁

Vampire is a Swedish thrash/death metal band, but although they were formed in 2011 they have a very old-school sound, more like death metal was back in the 80s. Slight shades of Black Metal too, but again in its earlier Bathory era form. Originally their material was only released on cassette and vinyl, and they were one of the first modern bands I came across that did that. I've been a fan since their first EP, and I have a tattoo of their logo, but only just managed to get one of their shirts.

I would usually get a man's/unisex, but on this occasion I got the "girlie" fit. It originally looked sonething like this (official website photo as i didn’t take a picture before I started messing with it).

However the print was way lower on the body than is shown here. I've mentioned before that I dislike the look of low waisted shirts on me, so I usually crop them. However in this instance as there was so much space at the top what I did instead was cut the length from there, re-sew the shoulders and re-shape the neckline (removing the sleeves at the same time).

At that point although it *just* fit it was a little too tight to be comfortable, probably because I'd moved the original waistline up my body so it was sitting around my ribcage. I had some of this extra wide lace trim that I bought ages ago on sale for pennies.

I cut up the side seams and sewed a panel of this down each side.

This meant it fit perfectly in the chest, however it was now slightly too loose in the waist area. I have quite a v-shaped upper body with a wide chest and shoulders and a narrow waist from having been a weight lifter for a few years!

But, rather than taking in the sides again, instead I did a cut and weave on the back, but I only wove the bottom part, just leaving plain slashes at the top. This pulled in the shirt slightly at the waist area and now it fits perfectly! I like my shirts fitted without being *tight* tight.

There are tons of tutorials for doing cut and weave stuff on youtube, this was a really basic one.

I hope this might have given folks a few ideas if you have a shirt you love that is too tight for you. Any fabric could be used for the side panels, I just used the lace because I had it to hand and it works with the overall style. I would say a slightly stretchy fabric is probably better for this kind of mod though.

I'll sign off by sharing a track by Vampire, the first one I ever heard which I got on a random YouTube recommendation. Since I love Vampire related stuff and extreme metal I had to give it a try, and was really glad I did.

The name makes them a little difficult to search up online, so if you're interested here's their bandcamp 😉 You can also try searching "Vampire the band" or "Vampire metal band Sweden".

Edit: I should have also included the t-shirt link: right here, it is official not knock-off as I found it via their instagram. There is slightly different merch here than what is available on their bandcamp:

[sporecringe]

Spoe, is your leonberger a custom? Im curious on how you got them to be bipedal!

lol yes, he is! Moby is my Douglas Leonberger Dog plushie. he comes as a quadrupedal dog, and I turned him bipedal (walking on four legs, to walking on two.)

how i did this was a little scary to witness and preform honestly, so be warned. (NOT a tutorial. just a rough explanation)

so he arrives like this.

2. then, I removed his head from his body, and sewed the body hole shut.

3. then i sewed his head on in the new spot.

4. i never took a photo. but this also left him with a back hump. i just sewed that flat, put clothes on, and bam! bipedal puppy!

[jasperthehatchet]

Some recycled bottle cap pins I made :)

The string ones were from some old thrifted curtains

[Image ID: 8 homemade pins. Five of them are bottle cap pins. One is a large green pin woh a white spiral, one is a large darker green pin with a sunflower, one is a smaller anarchy symbol, one is a red one with they/them pronouns written on it, and the fifth one is a skull with eyes. The last three pins are string tassels attached to safety pins. End ID]

[catschimericalcreations]

Pamplemousse the Kaiju Frankenplushie is three years old today!

tip jar

[egerinstudio]

[Egerin] Veil for historic crown of Sultaness (Cronet)

Hello again!

I am happy to introduce to you Veil for historic crown of Sultaness (Cronet).

This veil has 3 colourings (colors are shown on the photo).

Inspired by the TV series "The Magnificent Century".

You can find it here for 4,50 € / month:

Egerin Studio Sims 4 | creating The Sims 4 | Custom Content | Animation | Machinimas | Patreon

©Egerin, Yehor Yeryhin 2025.

[rocambolestim]

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