#sims 4 blowtorch

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Blowtorch, updated for EP 15

Maxi's worlds emptied of era specific stuff – made for simmers who wants themed hoods of their choice.

Now updated for EP 15 - For Rent

So, you found T.O.O.L, the super useful mod by Twisted Mexi, and learned how to decorate your sim world.

But there is this problem with Maxis houses and items, which do NOT fit in your sim world. So far, the most used method has been to hide them, as in either move them away (if even possible) from sight or use a hider/override to make them invisible. That method has its limits, is very tedious (need to find, make an override, ect. , and there are SO MANY items)

Blowtorch has another approach. It takes out the items (houses, vehicles, modern deco, well - all silly deco really) from the world. You can then place nicer deco or game items instead.

The items are not hidden from catalogue, so you can place the same items back but in a different place if you so wish. Or use cc deco. Make the world medieval, or Victorian, or sci-fi, or whatever.

HOW DOES THIS WORK?

This mod edits the preloaded deco in the world. It changes game files – and the changes will affect all your saves, old and new. If you decide that you want the deco back, you can do it either with the GAME REPAIR function or using the backup of the original folders that I included in the mods folders.

You can either use all my edited files – or the ones you want. If you for example want Willow Creek to be as it always has, but want a blowtorched Oasis Springs, just delete the Willow Creek files before installation, and keep Oasis Springs.

I have blowtorched almost all the hoods in the worlds, both EP and GP: s (See list below for exceptions.) If you don’t have all EP/GP I recommend to delete the ones you don’t have before installing.

(Save the zip with the mod somewhere safe so you can add new worlds when you add a new EP/GP with a world.)

Here are some general rules I went by:

- All landmarks, architecture deco, street deco, vehicles, with special effects - blowtorched

- Functional objects: outside tables, playground items, and such – blowtorched. Place them again where you want them!

- All lights, both streetlights and built in hood lights, blowtorched.

- All palm trees, ever pink trees, wispy modern beeches, and other modern plants, blowtorched. (I of course kept the palm trees in Sulani and Selvadorada)

- ALMOST ALL THESE THINGS (not the built in lights) are still available in the catalog (debug, live edit) items though. So, if you still want a modern, but DIFFERENT hood, you can place them again, as you want them. This is a big advantage compared to hiders – those usually hide the items also from the catalogue.

- Visual effects belonging to vehicles and other stuff mentioned above, blowtorched. No modern yachts, no airplanes.

- The lights are gone. The world will be dark at night if you don’t place streetlights or such.

WHAT I KEPT

I kept the seasons stalls, where they are available (if you have the Seasons EP.) They can also be placed, but as they are in conditional layers (changes with the seasons) this can't be done by placing them manually.

I kept all spawners. All the fishing spots and all the bugs, frogs, dig sites, wild growing plants.

Lighting mod included

This mod also includes the Sunblind lighting mod by Softerhaze. Lighting mods also change these files, so I added Sunblind with the creator's permission. Read more about their mod here.

This updated version includes the update from Softerhaze after EP 15. It includes EP-15 files but they also updated changes to EP3 and EP9. All are included with my new update. 

https://softerhaze.itch.io/sunblind?download Read more here!

(You do not need to download or install the mod; it is included in the Blowtorch mod.)

If you want another lighting mod or no lighting mod, you need to edit the files manually.

This is done by replacing the resources “Sky Box Texture Data” and “World Timeline Color”.

ECO LIFESTYLE NOTE!

Unfortunately the Evergreen Harbor world that came with Eco Lifestyle (EP 9) has some special evil magic and the deco needs hiders anyway. If you play with that world and want it to be BLOWTORCHED, install the file ELHoodHidersMerged in your Mods folder.

Other recommended mods:

Check out T.O.O.L and Twisted Mexis other mods here: https://twistedmexi.com/Mods/

To add deco stuff outside lots:

T.O.O.L – at Tmexis page you also find information about his CAW-project, still in alpha testing.

I also recommend his Better Build/Buy mod, and his toggle mods, especially the Strangerville Story Toggle on if you want to use Strangerville as a normal world. And also his that enabled build/buy on the Secret Lab lot – in new saves.

Zerbu has a couple of super useful mods:

All Worlds are Residential https://zerbu.tumblr.com/post/173398784785/the-sims-4-mod-all-worlds-are-residential

Venue changes https://zerbu.tumblr.com/post/160347810775/the-sims-4-mod-venue-changes

Twelfth Doctor has a great mod for travelling to all the hidden/special lots, so you can edit them: https://td1sims.tumblr.com/post/635457539495084032/travel-to-venue

Q&A about Blowtorch mod

1. Can I use this on my old saves?

Answer: Yes. The mod does not affect the saves, or your CC, or anything other than the game files in the Windows directory. You can easily uninstall the mod by using the backup files (included) or do a Game Repair.

2. Why are there stuff not deleted? Annoying modern fences in Windenburg Ugly Modern Business district, for example?

Answer: some items are a part of the world mesh and is not yet possible to edit. If there will be a solution later, I will update the mod.

3. Will I have to update the mod after patches and new expansions?

Answer: Yes. If the patch/ep/GP does not include a new world, you just reinstall the mod (see instructions below) as you installed it the first time. I will make updated versions asap when new worlds are released.

4. I don’t have EP X or Y – can I use the Blowtorch mod?

Answer: Yes, but I recommend deleting the folders for EP/GP you don’t have. See list in the PDF-file with documentation.

Where to find nice themed hood deco to use with Blowtorch?

You can basically use any item, from game or CC, to decorate hoods. Try out the options with T.O.O.L to change the size of objects!

I already posted some Hood Deco CC – and I have much more to come. I have been converting/editing/creating and preparing hood deco from Sims Medieval, Sims 2 and Sims 3 and other games – my CC is medieval/historical themed but I hope for other creators to add to the hood deco options in the future.

Note: I know its confusing with all the files to download, due to the upload limits. In short: The Backup files - you don't DO anything with them, if you don't want to uninstall the mod. You can also use Repair game in Origin/EA App, it does the same thing.

If you have difficulties with the installation, please DM me and I will help.

My Empty Save File - Start Fresh!

I also updated my Empty Save to include Tomarang. A totally empty save with no houses and no sims besides my lonely builder sim.

Download Blowtorch here (SimsFileShare)

Download Simverses Empty Save here (Curseforge)

[sdmsims]

eusine would cry

request for an anon, and a very fun one! now you can ride these legends like the majestic beasts they are

REQUIRES horse ranch ep (duh), for best results use the maneless option, this no tail mod, and this invisible bridle!

2 swatches each (normal and shiny), can be found as costumes under the 'blanket' option. they have blinking eyes and moving jaws!

custom thumbs and disabled for random

feel free to recolor or mesh edit, but please do not put these or edits of these under any form of paywall!

DL : SFS (free always)

[araliestrange]

The lot name "Vacuous Green" becomes so much more accurate when you load it with Blowtorch.

Also, I'm completely overwhelmed at the thought of building worlds from scratch, but I had to play around with the mod a bit because it's just so awesome!

[jonnyparable]

Moonwood Village

Moonwood Mills, to be fair, was always a pretty cool place. But, with the Blowtorch Mod, I was taken aback by how much it had really become the blankest canvas I've seen in the Sims 4 thus far. Sulani is a close second. My game's era isn't medieval, it's pretty much early 20th century fantasy, but I couldn't resist turning Moonwood Mills into a cute little hamlet of quiet farmer folk on one side of the river, and all manner of forest dwellers on the other.

[victorluvsalice]

Case in point -- Smiler’s finally making an effort to get to know the chickens! Yeah, now that I’ve turned off old age for the farmyard animals, these particular chickens will be hanging around for a while, so the gang probably SHOULD try to get to know them better. Interestingly, the hens seem to get along better with them than the roosters, generally -- though this rooster seemed impressed by Smiler’s vampire idle animation. XD

Anyway -- once all the cats had been cuddled and chickens fed and entertained, Alice and Smiler went to take care of some repairing around the house (the upstairs shower -- to be fair, Alice herself broke that one after her last shower) and the wind farm (as always), while Victor finished up the day’s “lie down” training with Shadow. And once that was all taken care of, I decided that my Sims deserved a day out! Specifically, I felt they deserved a day out --

At Geekcon! Yeah, I don’t go to Geekcon a lot because my Sims generally have conflicting work schedules. But I’m actually trying to have Alice and Smiler use up as many vacation days as possible before quitting their jobs currently, so -- yeah, they had the free time to pop over to the Fashion District and see what was going on there! And what was going on to start was mainly cosplayers and rockets. I had the gang all go work on the buildable rocket to start, banging and blasting away with hammers and blowtorches -- they didn’t get VERY far, as you can see, but they all gained some Rocket Science skill, with Smiler in particular getting it all the way up to level 4. Nice. :) Smiler then spotted their pal Presley in Off-Brand Mario Bros cosplay and went to have a selfie and chat for a while (I was hoping to get them a drink, but as it turns out Presley was pregnant and thus unavailable), while Alice headed over to the food stall and Victor disappeared inside the observatory to observe the sky. Hey, it’s a rare GeekCon where it wasn’t raining to start -- might as well take advantage of it and see if he can get a cool print, right?

[elvhenwitch]

Day 1: Introducing the Farmer of your choice! (I am very late)

@stardewvalleysebastian

I am very late but I just saw these so i'm gonna do them! Every week is Stardew appreciation week) [Warning - Cussing happens]

1. First things first! What’s their name and age, is there a special significance to their name? Gush about who they are!

Brady O'Sheine, she's something like 26-28 (hello indecision!). Her full name is Bralynn, but she really kind of hates that name, so Brady is it! Her style is pretty laidback, but she knows how to dress up. She in the second eldest of 4 kids (and also the only girl), raised basically by a single mother and her eldest brother. She is a sassy little shit that will smack you down so hard if you try to talk shit about her or anyone she cares about, Joja like destroyed her patience and restraint so prepare to be emotionally crippled~! :D

Also, be warned, you really piss her off/do something she will start tossing around legal stuff like no tomorrow and you will leave unsettled, and unsure whether you're gonna get sued or something. (Morris should watch out)

2. What was your farmer’s life like in the city? Were they a part-timer at jojacorp, were they just fired from their dream job?

City-life was basically a lot of scrambling for money to pay bills and rent.

Her father was never really around when she was a kid, but a few months before her youngest brother was born he just completely disappeared. Of course that was also when they found how much debt he was in, so her family grew up pretty on the poor side, with her mother working three jobs and her eldest brother putting off college to take on a couple jobs of his own. This left her, as the second eldest, to take care of her little brothers (not that she really minded).

She started working in Joja's customer service during her third year of college, in an attempt to get her school loans paid off, a couple years later she got moved to telemarketing and a few more years after that she was placed in the position she had at the start of the game. During this time she graduated law school and passed the bar, but wasn't able to find any work so continued working at Joja.

3. Why did your farmer decide to leave the city? Did your farmer have a loved one in the city? A significant other, a pet, a best friend?

She was well and thoroughly sick of Joja's by the time she finally opened the letter from her grandfather, but she didn't actually quit Joja until a few months after that. She hadn't wanted to just leave her family with one less paycheck, but her mother finally sat her down one night and told her that she didn't want her to put her life on hold, and that if she wanted to move to the Valley they would be okay. Even then, her mother's words didn't really stick until she (and her older brother) promised her that leaving wouldn't mean she was abandoning them.

Moving to Pelican Town left behind her mother (Rena) and three brothers (Emmet/Benson/Jacob), and her best friend, Emelyn. (Funfact! Emelyn is one of my farmers too, just obviously not in Brady's world lol.)

4. How did your farmer adjust to the farming life? Was it hard to get up early in the morning, are they deeply afraid of bugs?

Slowly. And with a lot of aches.

Getting up wasn't that hard, at first. But then she actually started cleaning up the farm and planting more crops, and she'd be exhausted by the end of the day, which lead to a groggy/grumpy morning. She eventually adjusts of course, but still, she figured out pretty quick that just becoming a farmer was a lot easier said than done. It's amazing the woman didn't lose any fucking toes or fingers. Someone save poor Harvey from stupidly stubborn city-girls who think they know what the fuck they're doing (Spoiler: they don't).

She's not technically afraid of bugs, but she makes an exception for those big ass fly things in the mines, the second she hears fluttering noises she nopes the absolute fuck outta there (cue frantic pickaxe-ing in search of a ladder). She's a real big fan of figuring out how to get a blowtorch and hauling it down, just for the, and I quote- "big swarming fluttery bitches." First time she saw one she marched right over to the Adventurer's Guild and banged on the door until Marlon answered so that she could yell "What the actual fuck Marlon?!"

5. Who was the first townsperson to make your farmer feel at home?

Shane actually. She was coming out of Pierre's with a bag of soil while he was on his way to work, they ran into each other and the corner of his nametag ripped a hole in the bag as they backed up, spilling soil all over the two.

Cue a "holy fuck" from Brady and her trying to apologize, he tells her to fuck off and walks away. She kinda just stands there for a second, half annoyed half surprised. Up until than she'd kind of started feeling a little disenchanted with the town as everything seemed so perfect and idyllic, but for some reason the encounter finally cemented that this place wasn't just a cozy little dreamtown with no problems.

Call it a rude awakening if you want, but Brady was more than thankful for it. That night she stopped by the tavern, bought a beer and dropped it in front of Shane. Then she left without a word, smiling the whole way back to the farm and finally feeling content with her latest life-choices.

(Shane is confused lol)

6. What season is your farmer’s favorite season, and why?

Winter. Let her live for five minutes without sweating to death over a patch of fucking parsnips or pumpkins and she'll be the happiest person you've ever fucking seen.

7. What is your farmer’s most favorite thing in the whole wide world?

Family meals. The only rule in her house after her father left was that the dinner table was a safe space; no arguing, no drama, leave your stress at the door. Since her mother/brother were always working Brady decided she would be responsible for feeding everyone. She spent most of her pre-highschool years learning how to cook, so that it would be one less thing her mother/brother had to worry about, by highschool she made every meal for the family.

Her other favorite-ist things are her Grandfather's antique cutlass and spicy foods (especially wasabi).

8. Is there a favorite place your farmer likes to hang out at? If so, why?

 Depends on her mood I suppose.

If she's in a good mood she'll go sit at the tavern and people watch.

If she's in a lonely/self-doubting "why did I come here what am I doing I don't know how to fucking run a farm I should have just stayed at Joja" mood at night she'll go sit(hide) in the little cave on the farm and watch the bats do their thing.

If she's in a... Hm, idek how to describe this mood exactly, a "I've done so much more than I ever expected and that's great but what's next? I feel like my whole life has just been waiting for something and I'm so tired why am I waiting? What am I waiting for? How do I get it to happen so I can stop feeling like this" mood, she'll either sit by her Grandpa's memorial (day) or go sit on the cliff with her legs swinging and just look down at the waves/water (night).

9. What song perfectly matches your farmer?

(I'm awful at these oh god) Um.. I'm gonna go with Swan by Willa.

Bonus: draw your farmer in their most iconic outfit! Or, write about their first few days on the farm!

Sim!Brady (1st outfit) - Drabble (+ Her tag)

[simverses]

Installing Blowtorch, detailed explanation.

You want to install Blowtorch, my mod that takes out the ugly modern deco in Sims 4 worlds, but you are confused. Here comes a more detailed explanation.

Step by step:

Download the files either from Patreon or SimFileShare

Unzip the zipfile called Blowtorch

in your Documents folder, or other folder where you keep sim files, outside of game folders. This zipfile just contains the file structure.

Now:

After unzipping the mentioned files in Documents/Blowtorch, you have a repository for the mod.

Now you can always reinstall or uninstall it with two clicks.

Install:

This is what the Documents/Blowtorch should look like after unzipping everything.

Select the folder named The Sims 4. Right click. Copy.

Now, click on shortcut to YOUR location for gamefiles – I provided one for EA Games (if you have EA app) and one for Origin (If you still have the files in the Origin folder) Both these are in C:/Programs – if you have them elsewhere, go find them – for example on an external harddrive.

The shortcut takes you to the The Sims 4 directory where all the game files are installed.

Paste the The Sims 4 folder from Blowtorch you just copied, here. You will be asked to overwrite files. Say yes.

If you want to uninstall, repeat this process, but copy the The Sims 4 folder in Original Files instead.

If you don’t have all expansions, or for other reasons, want to keep some worlds NOT Blowtorched, go inside Blowtorch/The Sims 4 and delete the worlds/hoods you DON’T WANT, before copypasting the folder to the game folder in C:/Windows.

Download the PDF with documentation and list of EP:s/GP:s worlds/hoods here (SimFileShare)

Oh, and save the downloaded zipfiles somewhere. I am sorry I had to make it a 3-part-download but the limits of filesizes are what they are.

[simverses]

Blowtorch seems fine with the new patch

If you have any problems, just reinstall.

Read more about the mod, which hides all modern stuff, here.

Detailed instructions how to install here.

[simverses]

Medieval Merchant Ship from TSM

Conversion from  Sims Medieval to decorate your ports and seas. Two versions - sailing or port version.

Fully equipped with cannons, and cargo. 

Place on your sim seas an in your ports.

Use to decorate your sim world - for a proper Old Town or Village Square.

Both files merged in one as they share textures.

Place them in empty spots in you hood using T.O.O.L  by TwistedMexi.

You can use my Blowtorch mod to have a sims world emptied of modern stuff - read more here.

Download Medieval Merchant Ship from TSM (Curseforge)

[simverses]

Blowtorch Report, Todays Patch

Blowtorch is fine. No need to reinstall.

Read more about Blowtorch here - a mod to eliminate modern decor in your hood.

[simverses]

Blowtorch is fine :)

No need to reinstall Blowtorch after today's patch. :) Read more about how to blowtorch away the modern off-lot deco from your game here.

[simverses]

Hello! Is it possible to install Blowtorch, but only for certain neighborhoods in the same world? Like, for example, blowtorch Finchwick, but keep the other two neighborhoods in Henford on Bagley?

If they have different subhood files, yes.

For Henford, if you check the Documentation that comes with Blowtorch it looks like this:

So, you can choose to install just Finchwick and not the others. You do it like this: Go into the Blowtorch files and find the world file you want. Select, right click and copy. Navigate to the Game files - in my case: C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 4\Delta\EP11\Worlds\Areas and Paste the file there, say yes when you get asked if overwrite - done. :)

[simverses]

Hi, how do I delete all the trees in willow creek with the blowtorch mod? All the houses in my save are gone, but the trees are still there

Hi - you need to open the world file for Willow Creek with Sims4Studio and delete them in the resources - check out this post, with more info: https://www.tumblr.com/simverses/737442419644284928/hey-im-not-a-medieval-player-im-just-sick-of-how?source=share

Good Luck!

[simverses]

hey! im not a medieval player, im just sick of how poorly ea worlds are and would like to edit some deco/objects. i've been trying to mess around with world files using sims 4 studio, but unfortunately edited neighborhoods won't load. please, what do you use to blowtorch things? I'd be forever grateful for the answer!!

I also use Sims4Studio. First, make a copy of all the worlds (you can use my backupfiles if you want) - then you edit these resources in each world file: World Data (Edit the last Object Manager)

World Lights Info (I deleted all lights)

World Object Data (Edit lot with lowest nr, the items: - Objects - Objects no script

World Visual Effects Info

Also:

World Conditional Data (This is the one where seasons stuff is)

The big problem is that its all in text. You need to know the names of the objects, and its easier to delete them (sometimes hits and miss) than moving them.

Its a total of 88 files to edit, if you have all the expansions. It took me several months.

Oh and after you edited your files (outside the game files) you need to copy and paste them over the files in the game files folder. You can not edit them directly.

Have a backup version to reverse to if needed. Or do a game repair. I would actually recommend to use my emptied world and place the Maxis objects where you want them, with T.O.O.L - easier and faster.

With Blowtorch all the houses and deco are accessible in the catalog, in live edit/debug mode.

Happy simming!

[simverses]

Are there any conflicts known with Khippie and blowtorch? I seem to have issues with them working together

There really shouldn't be any clashes - K-hippie mods as far as I know, include overrides for the textures, and are installed in the Mods folder - Blowtorch takes out deco and changes files in the Game folders in C:/ (or where you have them.) Of course if you cant see K-hippie textures on non-existing houses, that Blowtorch removed in the hood, thats true. On the other hand, those houses should be possible to place where you want them, as they are accessible in Debug or Live mode.

I will test this and check how it looks in my game.

[simverses]

The Patch (5th Dec 2023) and Blowtorch

Finally back home - and first play test with vanilla game after patch, gives that the Blowtorch needs reinstalling.

(More info on Blowtorch here. Even more detailed info here)

Instructions:

Go to your Blowtorch folder (the one you saved somewhere safe)

Select and right click/copy the folder in it with the name The Sims 4.

Now navigate to your Game folder in either Origin or EA App directory - NOT THE GAME FOLDER IN DOCUMENTS/Electronic Arts

Paste the copied folder - you should get a question about overwriting files, answer yes.

If you have stored your game files in other location than C:/ you need to find it. Same if you have a MAC. (I have never used a Mac so not very good at support for Mac, but principally its the same.)

Now your world is empty and clean again BLOWTORCHED

If you have saves with hood deco they should now load and look like you intended.

Note: As soon as the EP drops, I will make an update for it. And a new version of my Empty Save.

I will also focus for a couple of weeks on more Hood Deco for you to place, and new build sets.

I know some of you are waiting for more updated clothing, but I need to work with the new EP for a bit. But I will get back to my update list real soon!

Find my posted Hood Deco stuff with the tag #sims 4 hood deco