#ts3 tuning mod

[virtual-hugs]

Chance To Learn Teen Hangout Mod

● Did you know that there's a mechanic in the game with which your teen Sim can learn the current teen hangout in town from another teen? Probably not, because silly EA set the chance to learn this to 0. This tiny tuning mod will enable this function in your game.

● Additional information can be found on the download pages.

DOWNLOAD: MODTHESIMS | SIMBLR.CC

[idekmancatsaregood]

Autonomous nectar making, so sims will go up and decide to use the nectar maker without prompting. Note that this will cause a window to pop up asking for ingredients. You can open more than one container at a time, so if you keep ingredients in a nearby chest or fridge, pause the game and open that too, and transfer what you need.

Don't eat poison apples is pretty self-explanatory.

Don't make gourmet pet food. Bane of my existence. You can still prompt them to do this if you want, but they'll try to do it every five seconds if you have actions set to autonomous in-game.

Beekeeper itun does a few things: Bees do not get dirty or hungry. The happiness goes up and there is no more chance of bee stings. Essentially removing the need to smoke the box, which autonomous sims don't tend to do before the rip it open and shove their hands in there. I didn't mess with the odds of collecting beeswax, that's still standard.

No autonomous magic makeover. I spend a lot of time making my sims look the way I want, just for them to go to this stupid mirror and come out looking worse than a tragic clown. You can place magic mirrors with no fear of sims randomly messing up their look :)

No ghosts waking sleeping sims. I like having ghosts around and I don't mind them scaring my sims, but when the sim refuses to sleep because of the ghosts constantly harassing them, it gets tedious fast. This only applies to non playable ghosts.

No unfinished room moodlet. I just set the percentage of 'unfinished' really high so it can't be achieved. Some places I like having the dirt floor and now the sims will not get grouchy because of it.

(free)

[nectar-cellar]

More Active Online Dating - TS3 - Seasons EP

This is an XML tuning mod that makes online dating more active.

Only install one version! It can go in your Overrides or Packages folder.

Required: Seasons EP

V1: Faster

Sims you've messaged will reply within 3-6 hours. Default was 6-12 hours.

Your sim has a 75% chance of getting a new message every 3 hours.

The minimum and maximum number of profiles your sim can see has been increased to 27 and 36. Default was 20 and 25. You'll only see a difference here if your town has enough young adults, adults, and elders to fill up the grid.

V2: Turbo

Sims you've messaged will reply within 1-2 hours.

Your sim has a 75% chance of getting a new message every hour.

The minimum and maximum number of profiles your sim can see has been increased to 30 and 39. Default was 20 and 25. You'll only see a difference here if your town has enough young adults, adults, and elders to fill up the grid.

The total inbox limit is 25 messages, I think. If the limit is reached, you may have to delete some messages to see new ones.

You may receive the same message from different sims. The game generates them randomly, some more frequently than others.

If you want to tweak any of the values, open the package with S3PE and edit the XML resource in Notepad.

Related mod: Smartphone dating by Gamefreak130

Download: mediafire / mega

[patrycarro]

TS3 - Rossmere (WIP)

ENG:

(No environmental mods here, just my trusty NVIDIA filters. )

So yeah, this is what I’ve been working on over the past month.

The CAW tool is honestly a bit of a mess in some aspects, but at the same time, it’s incredibly fascinating how much you can create with it. I’ve edited other worlds before, but I had never built one completely from scratch. It’s a massive time sink and takes a lot of effort—but trust me, it’s 100% worth it.

Now, have I mentioned how much I hate terrain sculpting? No? Well, here it goes: I HATE IT. It’s by far the most tedious part of the entire process. But hey, that’s finally done—and now I get to dive into my favorite part: building.

I genuinely thought I’d never get here. 😭

Rossmere is beautiful, isn’t it? I know it’s hard to imagine it bustling with life, skyscrapers towering over the streets, Sims everywhere... when right now it all looks so empty. But I promise you, in my head, it’s already amazing.

Come on, have a little faith—when have I ever let you down?

And yes, just to confirm what you’ve probably already guessed: it’s a city. My main inspiration comes from parts of Los Angeles (mostly), with touches of Brooklyn and Miami here and there. But just to be clear: I’m not trying to recreate any of them. I’m simply taking the elements I love most and blending them into a world that feels uniquely mine.

Since I know you're curious for more details, here’s a little preview:

Currently, the world uses the Sunlit Tides lighting, but the water is too clear and I’m not completely happy with it, so I’ll probably change it. Roaring Heights might be an option—it has the kind of tone I’ve always wanted and suits the style of this city much better.

As always, I’m not using any CC—but I will be using some Store content and a couple of mods. If you’re familiar with my previous builds, you can probably guess which ones I mean. That said, I’m planning to add an amusement park this time around, so I’ll likely bring in a few new mods just for that.

I’ll be using every single expansion pack—no exceptions.

Rossmere will have three ports—none of them will include a houseboat with Sims living in it.

The water level is set above 30, so you’ll be able to place dive lots without any issues. I won’t be including any myself, though—it’s not something I’m personally interested in, and I like leaving that as something special for Isla Paradiso.

Right now, the world contains 140 lots—some of them will be left empty so you can add your own builds. I’ve also put a lot of work into routing to ensure performance stays smooth. I’ll try not to overload the builds for that same reason.

I plan to release both a populated and an unpopulated version, each available in both Spanish and English.

From now on, I’ll be sharing all my progress with you so you can keep me company on this journey. I skipped over the terrain sculpting and layout process because, well… it wasn’t anything worth showing off. And honestly? You would’ve gotten tired of watching me rework it again and again. The final version looks nothing like the first. The idea was always there, and so was the vision—but I’ve refined it a lot over the past few weeks.

To make the wait feel a bit shorter, I’ll be posting the builds I’m making for Rossmere on my Patreon as I complete them.

So stay tuned—some really exciting things are coming your way. 💙

If you have any questions or doubts, feel free to ask me anytime.

xoxo

SPA:

Así que sí, esto es en lo que he estado trabajando el último mes.

La herramienta CAW es un desastre en algunos aspectos, pero también es absolutamente fascinante todo lo que se puede llegar a crear con ella. Ya había editado otros mundos antes, aunque nunca había hecho uno desde cero, y la verdad es que exige muchísimo esfuerzo y tiempo… pero vale completamente la pena.

Ahora bien, ¿os he dicho ya lo mucho que odio modelar el terreno? ¿No? Pues ahí va: LO DETESTO. Sin duda, es la parte más tediosa de todo el proceso. Por suerte, ya está hecho, y ahora empieza mi parte favorita: construir.

Pensé que nunca iba a llegar. 😭

Rossmere es maravillosa, ¿a que sí? Sé que cuesta imaginarla llena de vida, con rascacielos y Sims por todas partes cuando ahora mismo está tan vacía, pero os prometo que en mi cabeza ya es alucinante.

Venga, tened un poco de fe en mí. ¿Cuándo os he decepcionado?

Y aunque probablemente ya lo habíais adivinado, lo confirmo por si acaso: sí, es una ciudad. Me estoy inspirando sobre todo en zonas de Los Ángeles, con toques de Brooklyn y Miami. Pero ojo: no estoy intentando replicarlas, solo tomar lo que más me gusta de cada una y juntarlo en un mundo que encaje con mis gustos y preferencias.

Y como sé que queréis más detalles, os adelanto algunas cositas:

Actualmente, el mundo tiene implementada la iluminación de Sunlit Tides, pero el agua es demasiado clara y no termina de convencerme, así que probablemente la cambie. La de Roaring Heights podría ser una opción: su tono se acerca mucho más a lo que siempre he querido y encaja mejor con el estilo de esta ciudad.

Como siempre, nada de contenido personalizado, aunque sí usaré algunos objetos de la Store y un par de mods. Si me conocéis, ya os imagináis cuáles son, porque los he utilizado en muchas de mis construcciones anteriores. Aun así, como quiero hacer un parque de atracciones, probablemente añada algunos nuevos a la lista.

Voy a utilizar todas las expansiones del juego, sin excepción.

Habrá tres puertos, pero ninguna casa flotante habitada.

He establecido el nivel del agua sobre 30, así que podréis colocar solares para hacer submarinismo sin problema. Yo no incluiré ninguno porque, sinceramente, no es algo que me interese demasiado; me gusta que siga siendo algo exclusivo de Isla Paradiso.

Actualmente, el mundo tiene 140 solares (varios estarán vacíos para que podáis colocar vuestras propias construcciones). He trabajado mucho el tema del enrutamiento para que el rendimiento no se vea afectado, y también intentaré no sobrecargar demasiado los solares por el mismo motivo.

Habrá una versión poblada y otra sin poblar, y ambas estarán disponibles en español e inglés.

A partir de ahora, compartiré con vosotros todos los avances que vaya haciendo, para que me hagáis un poco de compañía en este viaje. Me he ahorrado mostraros el proceso de modelado y distribución porque, sinceramente, no era nada digno de admiración. Y para qué mentir: también porque os habríais cansado de verme cambiarlo todo una y otra vez. La versión final no se parece en nada a la inicial. La idea siempre estuvo ahí, y también la intención, pero la he pulido muchísimo estas semanas.

Y para que la espera se os haga más llevadera, iré subiendo a mi Patreon las construcciones que vaya haciendo para Rossmere según las vaya terminando.

Así que ya sabéis, estad atentos, que se vienen cosas muy chulas. 💙

Y si tenéis alguna pregunta o duda, no os cortéis y preguntadme lo que sea.

¡Un abrazo!

[greenplumbboblover]

[WIP] TS3 UI "Krystal"

I figured it would be cool to finally publicly share what I've been working on behind the scenes, as well as some mockups!

A few of you on Patreon or Discord may have already seen sneak peeks/given feedback. I kept things quiet because I wasn’t sure I’d even do it in the first place as a next modding project, and I didn’t want to let anyone down.

Luckily, @lazyduchess’s Monopatcher made the job ten times easier. The biggest hurdle was that I would've had to make a core mod to override UI code (I’m normally anti–core mod), but the patcher solved that and let me push ahead.

(Psst, if you're looking at seeing the mockups bigger, I also posted this post on my site: Simblr.cc 😉)

Creating the Mockups

Fun fact: I actually have a degree in UI/UX design! (for websites) While principles like “How wide should this padding be?” or “Which colors send the right signal to the user?”—game UI is a whole different beast.😬

Main Menu

I started with the main menu:

Cut the SimPoints clutter and the “Buy TS4!” banner—after a decade, we get it exists 😉.

Grouped items into clean blocks

Added a text-free “Create New Family” icon

Swapped lot thumbnails for family shots (still baffled by EA’s original choice).

Dropped an options gear in the bottom-left; might label it if it’s too subtle.

Different backgrounds: one solid blue, one closer to the classic gradient.

A lil' sneek peek of where I'm at:

She's not finished, but it's definitely getting there! 😉

Load Screen

Not much has changed here! It's just less... busy I suppose, lol!

2 Different backgrounds to choose from

Moved the Game Tips to the bottom, so the main focus stays on that loading bar 😉

I also have a third option but I'm strongly leaning towards just having the loading bar as it's the most clear!

Live Mode

The hardest of them all lol. Kudos to EA for figuring that one all out! I really struggled with this one in regards to shape and what to even move around/remove!

I figured, it should be nice to pull really into that glassmorphism I've been using over the Mockups! Now I do realise that it can hamper user experience in the sense of not being able to read anything. But these are pictures! So that should be all fine and dandy.

The active item in the queue will now be more "visible". The queued item however, you'll see look a bit more "unactive" compared to what the current version has.

I also completely overhauled the thumbnails for your sims, showing their moods a bit better, and giving the active sim a tiny plumbob! :D

And now the real deal: The control panel! You might notice it's not the whole thing, but I'm still working on that part.

I removed the camera controls from the panel. However, upon feedback, I did hear that it's better to have them as some people are limited in their hand movements on their keyboard and that those controls are really useful. So I will make sure to share 2 versions :)

I also realised I completely forgot the Build/buy mode buttons 😬 So, err, stay tuned for that? lol.

Notifications I really just tidied up :p

I am aware that the space where the text is and the thumbnail is huge, and normally I'd wrap the surrounding text, but apparently in TS3's UI stuff that's practically impossible. Hence that they got this "2 column" effect to them 😉

About releasing the UI:

I'm hoping to release them all in bits and pieces! So first up is the Main Menu (and possibly the Loading screen given it's simplicity).

After that, I hope in my second "update" to release a big portion of Live mode, but that's a bigger task on it's own of course 😉

Any feedback at this point is also completely welcome by the way!

[murfeelee]

IWTV INSP CC Dump - Simblreen 2024

This CC file dump includes 40 items and 1 lot (*gasp~!*) for your TS3 vampires with a penchant for being interviewed! I separated the CC into thematic zip files, in case y'all aren't interested in everything.

IWTV INSP Build Mode Dump:

EA Master Suites Fireplace REDONE (basegame)

Gold Chinoiserie Wallpaper Birds (found under Paint IIRC)

Herringbone Pattern 4 & 5 (found under Wood)

IWTV INSP Buy Mode Dump:

AikeaGuinea Sordid Cassette Tapes SEPARATED (Stackable)

Goblet Decor RECOLORABLE

IWTV S3 INSP Clapperboard Decor

TS4 to TS3 Dining Out Candle Table Light

Vinyl Record Decor (Stackable) V2

IWTV INSP Dubai Wall Art:

IWTV INSP Basquiat Painting

IWTV INSP Marius' Temptation of Amadeo Painting

IWTV INSP Rembrandt Painting

IWTV INSP Transformation Painting

IWTV INSP Lestat CAS Miniset:

Lorandia Rings Male Right REDONE (Only 4)

Simsimi Kimono ACC Unisex (SHEER)

TS4 to TS3 Gramsims Feathers as ACC (SMALLER)

TS4 to TS3 Akasha CAS Miniset:

TS4 to TS3 Akasha Crown ACC

TS4 to TS3 Akasha Dress

IWTV INSP Theatre des Vampires Ads:

IWTV INSP Baby Lulu (AMR Dollhouse Blocks) RETEX (Decor & End Table)

IWTV INSP Lestat Portrait

IWTV INSP Marquee Wall Light

IWTV INSP KHD Morris Column RETEXTURED

IWTV INSP Posters 2

IWTV INSP Posters

IWTV INSP Theatre des Vampires Wall Decal

EA Paving Fan Cobblestone GREY Terrain Paint

TS4 to TS3 Neon Letters VAMPIRES:

Neon Letter V, A, M, P, I, R, E, S (only!)

IWTV INSP Claudia CAS Miniset:

Grue SilkySunflower Mashup Hair

Peggyzone Bag ACC REDONE

IWTV INSP Mods Dump:

All Raw Fish Edible Tuning Mod (REQUIRES Nona's Custom Food Script at MTS)

EA Book Overrides for IWTV

EverlastingGarden_Books as a functional Bookshelf RETEX (IWTV INSP)

IWTV INSP Theatre des Vampires Lot:

IWTV INSP TdV Community Lot (No Visitors Allowed) for Sims 3 > Library folder

+ CC MERGED file (for Sims 3 > Mods > Packages folder)

+ Decor People MERGED file (for Sims 3 > Mods > Packages folder)

(Granthe's OMSP & Buhudain's OMSP Resizers NOT included, but still REQUIRED)

Enjoy, and Happy Simblreen!

Download (package files) : Mediafire | SimFileShare

Descriptions & preview pics under the cut:

IWTV INSP Build Mode Dump

I used these in my NOLA 1132 Rue Royale gameplay way back in 2022, and never got around to sharing them, oops.

IIRC the Chinoiserie Wallpapers are non-recolorable, but come in 2 variations of normal & albino peacocks.

I forgot what I changed about the Master Suites SP Fireplace. Probably the RGBY channels. Plus it's basegame compatible now.

And ofc you can see the Herringbone patterns, which I love using on floors. Has 3 RBG channels. Found under Wood.

IWTV INSP Buy Mode Dump & Lestat CAS Miniset

Random CC I've been using:

I separated & retextured AikeaGuinea's Sordid Cassette Tapes, and made them stackable. IDER which category they're in--use LazyDuchess' Search Mod like god intended!

"There's a GOBLET on the table!" No worries, it's only decorative & fully recolorable--the "blood" inside is fake. (In that gif you can obvs see the Gramsims Feathers as ACC--tuxedo not included, sorry. Found under Bracelets, Everyday - Outerwear, fully recolorable. And you can also see Lorandia's Rings Male Right, which I redid to only keep 4 of the 8 original rings.)

The Clapperboard comes in 2 non-recolorable variations.

The decor Vinyl Record is fully recolorable and stackable (variations come with and without the Vampire Lestat VL logo).

I made Simsimi's Kimono ACC sheer (& unisex). Found under Necklaces, fit/fat morphs, Everyday - Outerwear, fully recolorable.

The TS4 to TS3 Dining Out Candle Table Light is fully recolorable.

IWTV INSP Dubai Wall Art

Louis' Basquiat painting:

Marius' Temptation of Amadeo Painting:

Armand's (stolen) Rembrandt & Louis' Transformation paintings:

TS4 to TS3 Akasha CAS Miniset

Akasha Crown ACC found under Glasses, Hat Slider compatible, Everyday - Outerwear, fully recolorable. Akasha Dress YAF/AF, full/fat morphs, Everyday - Outerwear, fully recolorable.

IWTV INSP Theatre des Vampires Ads

I retextured the red EA Paving Fan Cobblestone Terrain Paint Grey. Found under Stone/Rock/whatever it's called.

Baby Lulu (AMR Dollhouse Blocks) RETEX (Decor & End Table). (IIRC I had to use OMSP resizers on these.)

"Who's that handsome man on the wall?" The Devil Brat Prince himself! Lestat's Portrait, found under Wall Art.

IWTV INSP KHD Morris Column RETEXTURED, Posters 1 & 2 all have the same variations, mixed with AMC's posters and the IRL posters from Grand Guignol Theatre AMC used as inspo.

Theatre des Vampires Wall Decal, recolorable.

IWTV INSP Marquee Wall Light, recolorable, comes in multiple variations. (IIRC I gave the bulbs the fullbright shader so they always glow, but I may just be sleep deprived, IDER.)

TS4 to TS3 Neon Letters VAMPIRES

Neon Letter V, A, M, P, I, R, E, S (only!)

Fully recolorable, found under Wall Lights. (IIRC I gave these the fullbright shader so they always glow, but I may just be sleep deprived, IDER.)

IWTV INSP Claudia CAS Miniset

The Grue SilkySunflower Mashup Hair is a frankenmesh of Grue's Sunflower hair and Grue's Silk hair. IIRC, uses the same recolor channels. Everyday - Outerwear, Teen - AF, etc etc. I redid the Peggyzone Bag ACC cuz the original wasn't showing up in my game. Recolorable, found under Bracelets, Everyday - Outerwear, blahblah.

IWTV INSP Mods Dump

I made the Edible Raw Fish tuning mod for 3 reasons:

Not ALL raw fish are edible for werewolves (inc. crocodiles)--thanks a lot, EA

I needed my loup-garou/Swamp!Lestat to be able to actually eat the crocodiles on my bayou lot

OF COURSE I needed a way for Saint Louis to gulp down fish instead of killing sims (especially in my IWTV Mersim AU)

Naturally, for raw fish to fill the Vampire Thirst need, my mod REQUIRES Nona's Custom Food Script at MTS.

I made yet another EA book texture default replacement, this time with EA Book Overrides for IWTV. Browse here for the in-game swatches.

There are A LOT of books in TS3, so I tried to match Anne Rice's books (including but not limited to just her vampire books), plus a couple non-Anne Rice vampire books, to TS3′s particular genres:

Academic, Generic: Daniel Molloy's Under the Burning Sky

Academic (Business): The Vampire Armand

Academic (Communications): DM's Hate & Ashbury

Academic (Fine): Blood & Gold

Athletic: Prince Lestat, The Vampire Lestat

Bar, Mixology: True Blood

Biography, Drama, Masterpiece, Non-Fiction: Interview with the Vampire

Butler: Lasher

Charisma, Fantasy: Memnoch the Devil

Cooking: Feast of All Saints

Egypt: The Mummy

English, Fiction: Dracula

Fishing: Blackwood Farm

France: The Vampire Lestat, Interview with the Vampire

Generic, China: Anne Rice's Alphabettery

Handiness: Servant of the Bones

Historical: Queen of the Damned

Horror, Masterpiece: The Vampire Chronicles (Collection)

Humor: The Vampire Lestat

Inventing: The Mummy

Logic: Daniel Molloy's A Shadow on the Skin, Hate and Ashbury, The Internet's Gavel

Martial Arts, Military: Queen of the Damned

Math, Medical, Robot, Science, SciFi, Future: Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

Music (generic): Violin

Music (Bass, Piano, Drums): Queen of the Damned

Music (Harp): Cry to Heaven

Mystery: The Witching Hour

Photography, Street Art: Blood & Gold

Poetry: Dead Brides - Vampire Tales

Prenatal: Blackwood Farm

Recipes: AR's Alphabettery (China), Queen of the Damned (Egypt), Feast of All Saints (France)

Riding: The Wolf Gift, Wolves of Midwinter, The Vampire Lestat (Wolfkiller cover)

Romance, Trashy: Sleeping Beauty

Social: Blood Communion

Spellcraft: Merrick, The Witching Hour, Lasher

Sports, Academic (Phys): Tale of the Body Thief

Toddler, Comics, Children: Claudia's Story

Vaudeville: The Vampire Armand

I retextured EverlastingGarden's Books as a functional Bookshelf to match some of the IWTV EA Book Overrides, so it could look like sims were really pulling those books off the shelf to read. Browse the 3 swatches here.

IWTV INSP Theatre des Vampires Lot

IWTV INSP TdV Community Lot (No Visitors Allowed) for LIBRARY folder (64x64 lot IIRC--maaaaybe 50x50?)

+ CC MERGED file (for PACKAGES folder)

+ Decor People MERGED file (for PACKAGES folder)

I've hit Tumblr's photo limit, so for in-game pics of the lot, see my posts here & here.

WARNING: I have all TS3 EPs installed, plus a few SPs, and I use A LOT of EA's Store CC, so I CANNOT guarantee that this lot will look the same in your gameplay as mine, if y'all don't have the same DLC. The list of Store CC that's NOT included is here.

As a rule, Granthe's OMSP and Buhudain's OMSP Resizers are REQUIRED. I didn't include them in the Merged CC file, just in case.

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"And that's the end of it. There's nothing else!"

Enjoy, and Happy Simblreen!

Download (package files) : Mediafire | SimFileShare

[anachronisims]

Catch You on the Flippity Flop!

a TS2 traits expansion

by @anachronisims (sufficeittosay) and @cityof2morrow

Part 1: New Traits!

What you get: 16 new trait object files for your personality diversity pleasure. Most of them are opposites of existing 3t2 traits that didn't already have them. One is just because :)

Big Spender (opposite of Frugal)

Black Thumb (opposite of Green Thumb)

Can't Carry a Tune (opposite of Virtuoso)

Climate Denier (opposite of Eco-Friendly)

Difficulty Reading (opposite of Bookworm)

Dislikes Animals (opposite of Animal Lover)

Dislikes Cats (opposite of Cat Person)

Dislikes Dogs (opposite of Dog Person)

Dreamer* (the intersection of Ambitious and Absent-Minded)

Generous (opposite of Mooch)

Homebody (opposite of Adventurous)

Minimalist (opposite of Gatherer)

Nudist (opposite of Never Nude)

Slow Learner (opposite of Genius)

Sweet Tooth (just because)

Terrible Cook (Natural Cook)

(*) I know @lilbabydilljr released a Dreamer trait already as part of the hidden/scrapped TS3 traits collection, but I wanted to change the flavor text and concept of it. My spouseman is a real dreamer-content-to-dream and I felt the TS3 scrapped version was too close to Ambitious. So @cityof2morrow made a different icon for it, and changed the GUID as well because Dill's conflicts with HB's simlife goggles. However, the file name is the same as Dill's and will overwrite it.

ETA: These are traits objects that WILL appear in your catalog in Gen/Misc. They are NOT added to the traits collection file as I don't use it. Feel free to do so yourself, of course.

What's coming next: Updates to existing traits mods that are plausibly affected by these traits (plus some personal preference tuning). Check out the to-do list here. Suggestions welcome and encouraged! Anyone who would like early access as a beta tester, please let us know!

Credits: @hexagonal-bipyramid for the original 3t2 Traits Project, @moocha-muses whose Dylan's Black Thumb got me thinking about this becoming realer than flavor text, and the whole inspiring TS2 simblr community whose appetite for traits mods keeps me going!

Download at SFS

Updated Feb 18 2024 at 245 EST (US) to fix an issue with thumbnails/catalog appearance.

[lazyduchess]

[TS3] Lot Population Mod

Update 7/18/23: Fixed issue that caused custom tuning to not take effect.

Download under the cut

Overview

This mod is an experiment that's been in my mind for a while now - Teleporting Sims into community lots as you send your Sims to them, or focus the camera on the lot, etc. Making the town feel more alive, and making it so that community lots are always populated. This makes it work more like a traditional open world game, in which characters are spawned based on camera distance, where you're looking at, etc.

Not only that, it also adds walkbys, much like TS2 or TS4. These are Sims that every once in a while spawn on a sidewalk, out of view, and walk across the screen, then go on their own way.

Now community lots will be filled with Sims.

Installation

2 flavors are available:

"ld_LotPopulation.package" - Default tuning, should make worlds very populated.

"ld_LotPopulation_Reduced.package" - Reduced tuning, should make worlds more lightly populated.

Simply drop the package of your choosing into your "Documents/Sims 3/Mods/Packages" folder.

All tunable values are documented in the XML. There are quite a few of them, but the most important one is probably the "kDemographicsMultiply" value.

Download

SFS / MTS / Patreon (Free)

More Technical Overview

In case you're curious about how it works more in depth, community lots have a population quota now. This quota depends on a ton of factors, such as time of day, weather, day of the week, demographics, etc. And is different across different lot types. For example, beaches will be booming during hot summer weekends, not so much if it's winter and snowing.

The amount of Sims that are teleported into lots tries to fill this quota. On top of that, Sims will also get pushed to visit lots to fill the quota, so if for example the camera is permanently facing a lot in a way that doesn't allow for Sims to subtly teleport to it without it being super obvious, the mod will push Sims to visit instead.

Sims are also chosen depending on a range of factors such as personality, age, occult status, etc. And they're placed on a "low priority" list for a while upon teleport. This way you won't see the same Sims everywhere.

Teleported and visiting Sims will also get appropriate outfits, needs and will immediately pick something to do, in order to make it more believable.

Walkbys use lot corners as reference when looking for sidewalks. So this feature is most effective with a decent amount of lots on the world.

There might be some lag every once in a while unfortunately. This is kind of necessary, as it tries to find spots that are actually routable to teleport Sims to, so that they're not stuck. If you find it particularly bad, you can try the reduced tuning version.

Source code: Github

Screenshots

[usonofallama]

🗺️ Geography & Region Logic

Last Updated: 05/12/25

This is a long-ass masterpost where I break down how the worlds in my save connect culturally, regionally, and politically. It’s not about exact replicas, but resonance.

I’ve been obsessed with geography and history since elementary, and after years working in hospitality, medical tourism, and professional language interpretation, it was only natural I’d end up wanting my sim worlds to reflect real cultural friction, flow, and complexity.

Every EA world (as of 2025), from Newcrest to Nordhaven, is mapped here with a real-world logic: how people speak, how laws work, what histories get remembered, and how land is treated. Some TS3 worlds are referred where TS4 falls short in representing a certain culture or region. I use the following mods (plus a healthy dose of play-pretend) to build the gameplay experience I want:

Basemental Drugs by Basemental

Home Regions & Townie Demographics by Kuttoe

Language Barriers by Frankk

LGBTQIA+ Mod by Lumpinou

No Townie Generation and Relaxed Filters by @down-in-simsland

Worlds are grouped by continental region.

For exact lot placements, see Save Details For gameplay systems and tuning, see Gameplay & Management

🌎 New World

🌲 Northern Simsonia

These are quiet places where environmental policy is tight, unions still matter, and people pretend not to gossip. It’s all flannel, regional crafts, and seasonal depression. Green tech is big. So is the lumber industry. Old colonial scars show up in architecture and labor.

Evergreen Harbor

Moonwood Mill

Spoken Languages: Simlish, Françims, Windenburgish, Native Dialects.

Cannabis Legal Status: Fully legal for medical and recreational use.

Gambling Legal Status: Heavily restricted.

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Very accepting.

Outbound Migration: To West Coast, SimNation for education and green innovation.

Inbound Migration: From SimNation's Deep South and Central Simsonia seeking stability and rights

🦅 North Simsonia A.K.A. SimNation

Four distinct regions, tech-saturated coastlines, wealth gaps across blocks, and rural pockets bound by tradition and bureaucracy. Public services depend on your zip code. So do your rights. Every region calls itself the heart of the nation; none of them agree what that means. Family structures evolve faster than the infrastructure. Political slogans change faster than the roads get fixed. It’s the dream, the dystopia, and the brunch menu, depending on where you land.

🌉 West Coast

Del Sol Valley

San Myshuno

San Sequoia

Oasis Springs

🗻 Native Lands

Chestnut Ridge

Granite Falls

Strangerville

🎡 Northeast

Copperdale

🌪️ Deep South

Magnolia Promenade

Newcrest

Willow Creek

Spoken Languages: Simlish, Selvadoradian, Tartosiano, Windenburgish, Komorebigo.

Cannabis Legal Status: Recreational use legal in the West Coast and Northeast; medical only in the Deep South; decriminalized elsewhere.

Gambling Legal Status: Legal in Del Sol Valley and Strangerville; restricted or outlawed in most other regions.

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Mixed, historically inclusive, structurally hostile.

Outbound Migration: High. SimNationals move everywhere, usually calling themselves 'expats' intead of immigrants, avoiding local taxes and raising life expenses. Common destinations include the Old World, Central Simsonia, and Sulani.

Inbound Migration: Very High. SimNation is seen as an opportunity hub, but also as a gentrifier magnet. Many arrive for education, media, or survival, but not always by choice.

🌶️ Central Simsonia

Language has texture. History is living. Family extends beyond blood. Laws vary by state, and bureaucracy is both maze and muscle. These worlds are intense in feeling: big food, bigger grief, and joy as defiance. The past isn’t past. It’s cooking in the kitchen.

Ciudad Enamorada

Selvadorada

Spoken Languages: Selvadoradian, Simlish, Native Dialects.

Cannabis Legal Status: Legal for personal cultivation and medical use; decriminalized in urban zones.

Gambling Legal Status: Illegal in Selvadorada; tightly regulated in Ciudad Enamorada.

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Mixed

Outbound Migration: Moderate. Many leave for work or educational opportunities in SimNation or the Old World, some others want security and stability, often returning seasonally.

Inbound Migration: Moderate. Movement from Old World and Caribbean diasporas, as well as regional migration from rural to urban centers.

🏝️ Caribbean

Fluid identities, vivid resistance, and joy you have to earn. Creole blends, diasporic layers, and island economies shaped by both tourism and trauma. Land is unstable in more ways than one. Nothing works the first time. Everything has meaning.

Isla Paradiso

Spoken Languages: Françims, Selvadoradian, Native Dialects, Simlish.

Cannabis Legal Status: Decriminalized for personal use; culturally tolerated, inconsistently enforced.

Gambling Legal Status: Legal in tourist zones; culturally contested in residential areas.

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Legally Recognized, Socially Negotiated.

Outbound Migration: High. Driven by economic instability and environmental precarity. Migrants often go to SimNation or the Old World.

Inbound Migration: Low. Primarily retirees, tourists, or diasporic returnees. Often seasonal or dual-national.

🌍 Old World

🫖 Old Kingdom

Tea, titles, and weather complaints. Classism runs under everything. Education is the real currency. Everyone says sorry before they curse you out. Gender roles are rigid until they’re not. Charm is a weapon.

Britechester

Henford-on-Bagley

Spoken Languages: Old Simlish, Tartosiano, Françims, Selvadoradian.

Cannabis Legal Status: Legal for medical use; decriminalized recreationally, socially taboo in elite circles.

Gambling Legal Status: Legal but highly regulated; mostly digital or private-club based.

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Legally Protected, Socially Reserved

Outbound Migration: High. Especially younger or educated Sims seeking better prospects in SimNation, Tomarang, or Sulani.

Inbound Migration: Moderate. Often from former colonies or treaty nations; many arrive for cultural, historical, or educational ties.

🍻 Windenburg

Rules, rituals, and nightlife. These worlds run on efficiency and inherited systems, both technological and social. Paganism never fully left. Public transport works. Art galleries double as punk venues. Regional pride is strong.

Glimmerbrook

Windenburg

Spoken Languages: Windenburgish, Nordska, Old Simlish, Ravena

Cannabis Legal Status: Legal for recreational and medicinal use; socially integrated, especially in wellness and academic circles

Gambling Legal Status: Mostly prohibited, with underground exceptions; tolerated at festivals or private events

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Quietly Accepting

Outbound Migration: Low. Windenburgers are deeply rooted and tend to stay, though some artists and scholars relocate to San Myshuno or Mt. Komorebi.

Inbound Migration: Moderate. Attracts creatives, occult seekers, and mystics. Immigration is selective but culturally tolerated.

🧊 Nordska

Quiet minimalism. Public funding. Cool-toned everything. These places believe in collective care and individual mystique. You’re expected to respect the land and mind your business. The supernatural? It’s just science no one’s published yet.

Nordhaven

Spoken Languages: Nordska, Windenburgish, Old Simlish, Ravena

Cannabis Legal Status: Legal for medical use; decriminalized recreationally, with cultural emphasis on discretion.

Gambling Legal Status: Restricted; state-run lotteries allowed, private betting discouraged.

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Normalized

Outbound Migration: Low. Emigration mostly for global research, humanitarian work, or exchange programs.

Inbound Migration: Moderate. Highly skilled migrants welcomed, especially from Glimmerbrook, East Simla, and parts of SimNation.

🦇 Ravena

History sleeps badly here. Magic is hereditary and grief is ceremonial. Faith is private, but altars are everywhere. You don’t name what haunts you unless you want it listening. Beauty is precise. Revenge is a valid response.

Forgotten Hollow

Ravenwood

Spoken Languages: Ravena, Tartosiano, Selvadoradian

Cannabis Legal Status: Illegal; culturally taboo.

Gambling Legal Status: Technically legal but heavily stigmatized.

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Secretive but deep-rooted

Outbound Migration: Very Low. Locals rarely leave. Cultural, spiritual, and ancestral ties run deep.

Inbound Migration: Very Low. Outsiders rarely stay. Those who do tend to be occult-aligned or deeply isolated. Border laws unclear, likely symbolic.

🏛️ Mediterranean

Sensory overload in the best way. Everything’s seasonal: food, mood, affection. Bureaucracy is a nightmare but life is slow when it matters. Family is everything, even when it shouldn’t be. Everyone’s always yelling — or flirting.

Monte Vista

Tartosa

Spoken Languages: Tartosiano, Françims, Selvadoradian, Ravena

Cannabis Legal Status: Legal for medicinal use; decriminalized for personal possession

Gambling Legal Status: Legal, lightly regulated

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Loud Tolerance, Quiet Policing

Outbound Migration: High. Economic precarity pushes Sims toward SimNation, Brindleton Bay, or Tomarang.

Inbound Migration: High. Driven by tourism, dual nationals, and lifestyle migrants from SimNation and the Old Kingdom.

🎨 France

This is where romance meets existential dread. Laws are secular, attitudes aren’t. Style is serious business. Protests are a national pastime. Nostalgia for the old republic blends with modern burnout. Wine is cheaper than water.

Champs Les Sims

Spoken Languages: Françims, Tartosiano, Selvadoradian, Old Simlish

Cannabis Legal Status: Decriminalized for personal use; medical permitted with restrictions

Gambling Legal Status: Legal and regulated, mostly state-run

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Bureaucratically Queer

Outbound Migration: Moderate. Many young or disillusioned Sims leave for SimNation, Del Sol Valley, or Tomarang in pursuit of creative freedom, economic opportunity, or less rigid systems.

Inbound Migration: Moderate. Artists, romantics, and heritage tourists drift in. The region attracts those chasing nostalgia or aesthetic intensity — not always long-term settlers.

⛩️ Simla

🎌 United Prefectures of East Simla

Order is sacred, but not static. Culture here moves like a brushstroke: intentional, layered, never rushed. There’s reverence for ancestry, innovation without arrogance, and beauty in daily precision. Collectivism isn’t about sameness, but about harmony. Even if that harmony includes contradiction. Silence is etiquette. Formality is armor. And love, art, and protest all follow the same unspoken choreography: everything in its right place, until it isn’t.

Mt. Komorebi

Spoken Languages: Komorebigo, Simlish, Simla Nuo

Cannabis Legal Status: Decriminalized; restricted medicinal use allowed

Gambling Legal Status: Legal in licensed venues, highly regulated

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Respectful silence

Outbound Migration:

Inbound Migration:

🏯 Simla Basin

The Basin doesn’t forget. Empires, dynasties, revolutions: all have left their stamp. What remains is a culture where reverence and resistance coexist. Ghosts are real, and they demand precision. Respect, lineage, and duty shape identity. Bureaucracy is dense. Wisdom is spoken slowly, if at all.

Shang Simla

Spoken Languages: Simla Nuo, Simlish, Komorebigo

Cannabis Legal Status: Illegal; culturally taboo

Gambling Legal Status: Legal in designated cities, state-run

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Censored publicly, expressed privately

Outbound Migration:

Inbound Migration:

🛕 Southeast Simla

Hot, fast, layered. These regions pulse with economic flux and spiritual realism. Street food is religion. Law enforcement is complicated. Generosity is communal. Resistance lives in the open. Rituals are both sacred and monetized.

Tomarang

Spoken Languages: Tomaru, Komorebigo, Old Simlish, Toki Sulani

Cannabis Legal Status: Technically illegal but widely tolerated

Gambling Legal Status: Legal and integrated into entertainment sectors

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Legally fragile. Queerness is public and ancestral. The Mga Babaeng Imposibla, impossible women as they call them, have always been part of Tomarang’s story.

Outbound Migration:

Inbound Migration:

🦁 Africa

🐫 North

🚧

Al-Simhara

Spoken Languages: 🚧

Cannabis Legal Status: 🚧

Gambling Legal Status: 🚧

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: 🚧

Outbound Migration: 🚧

Inbound Migration: 🚧

🌊 Oceanic Lands

🪸 Oceana

Colonial aftermath meets coastal identity. Fishing is still survival. Rural meets queer, rough meets soft. Respect the water. Don’t assume the dogs are friendly. Public service is stretched thin. The sun doesn’t care who you are.

Brindleton Bay

Spoken Languages: Old Simlish, Tartosiano, Toki Sulani, Aboriginal Languages

Cannabis Legal Status: Legal for medical use; recreational use decriminalized in most provinces

Gambling Legal Status: Legal but heavily taxed and restricted

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Locally Accepted

Outbound Migration: 🚧

Inbound Migration: 🚧

🌋 Polynesia

Land and sea are not separate things here. Ancestors live in tides and legends are local fact. These regions don’t need your fantasy — they already have theirs. Festivals are sacred. Tourism is tolerated. The volcano’s not dormant.

Sulani

Spoken Languages: Toki Sulani, Old Simlish, Tomaru

Cannabis Legal Status: Decriminalized for ceremonial use; otherwise regulated

Gambling Legal Status: Culturally taboo; technically illegal

LGBTQIA+ Acceptance: Culturally Integrated

Outbound Migration: 🚧

Inbound Migration: 🚧

[suratan-zir]

I know I said no more sims content on this main blog, but the weirdest thing just happened and I have to share it with you, fellow simmers.

After reinstalling the game and spending what felt like years of my life setting everything up, I was able to play TS3 for a little bit, and something happened that I've never seen in this game before, after many years of playing.

Weird music started playing suddenly, music I've never heard before, quite a long tune. While it played, I was looking for something on the lot causing it. The entire first floor of the house was covered in trash that appeared seemingly from nowhere, trash on the floor of every room. On one of the counters sat a random pumpkin of excellent quality. I did not put it there. I zoomed in and heard rodent noises. And sure enough, there they were.

this guy has two polys to his name and look at him go

When I click on the trash, it said "shoo the rats."

At first, I thought maybe it was some kind of mod I installed a while ago and forgot about. But a google search says that it may be one of the "challenges" you can get when your sims move into a new lot. Except my sims have been living on that same lot for generations. And I have never seen this particular challenge.

WTF? Has this ever happened to you?

[simlicious]

Personal update!

Hey everyone! I started to write this at 9:40 am, then I got distracted and did not post it right away but I guess activity on tumblr at that time is low anyway.

I am happy to report that I am still going strong with my changed day/night cycle. It's not always easy, I don't get into bed early enough on some days and feel pretty groggy the next. But this is always where I get defeated - I think okay, sleeping in for half an hour won't be a problem... but then I go to bed even later and the cycle goes backwards really quickly. This time I am determined to stay strong even if that means I walk around like a zombie and drink 1.5 liters of black tea on some days to keep me awake 😆

I guess it takes time to adjust the evening routines too. On these "useless" days, I often play Anno 1800 which is engaging and relaxing at the same time. I often quit the game to mod this and that in the game, so my brain is pretty engaged still and this is how I like it most days.

Since new habits need at least 6 weeks to be counted as a new stable habit, I will focus only on my sleep rhythm for the time being and allow myself to take a mental break from other projects to eliminate the inner expectation of working on those when I know it is unreasonable at this time. It also does me good to let go of any pressure to create TS3 content. I know it has been a while but it does nobody any good if I guilt myself because of it. I often get negative feelings around my simblr lately and it sucks, like I am really unsure about the few AI patterns I made and the poll made me really question what I should do since it is pretty divided. I do not know whether those are more random people who answered the poll or people who often engage in my blog anyway. So I don't really know if I should release those patterns at all or if people come and harass me over them if I do. But not releasing them would mean that energy to create them would be truly wasted, I think? If the images exist already, shouldn't they be used to make it count? Because thinking of that makes me uneasy, I put my creative energy into Anno 1800 for the time being which is not emotionally loaded. I am way too disorganized to really do beauty building, and most of the time I am just happy when my population get the goods they want 😆but modding another item that helps with that or editing other people's mods to fit my needs is fun and satisfying. It's a bit like editing tuning mods for Sims 3 (just with some more complicated layers added depending on the mod).

Knowing myself, I will get another pattern idea soon enough though, and sweater season is fast approaching which means I get into the mood of creating more cozy patterns, hopefully! I want to give a shoutout to people who have shown my patterns in screenshots lately. I admit I am not very active on tumblr at the moment and do not see everything I should. Memorable ones were @martassimsbook and @gittessimsadventuresog, but anyone else please feel addressed too! It means a lot to me to see my patterns in use, it makes me feel validated and useful and lifts my spirits. It also helps to dispel some of my negative thoughts (maybe patterns do not go obsolete after all if people are still using them). I'm really happy they are so useful to you! A lot of you probably do not post many gameplay screenshots but use my patterns anyway, I cannot forget about you 💜thanks for all the support!

[virtual-hugs]

The Sims Medieval Grim Reaper Default Replacement for The Sims 3

● After some rejuvenation Grim is back to looking like his medieval self again! He even has his olden days scythe and tunes.

● This mod converts TSM's Grim Reaper outfit, scythe and music to be used in TS3. The coolest Reaper, no contest.

● Additional information can be found on MTS. Happy Reaping!

DOWNLOAD: MODTHESIMS

[thesims3help]

Sims 3 - Gameplay enhancing mods: CAS, Build/Buy, World, Objects + Chores & Services.

A category-based mod post. Mods and links previously featured in our Masterlist. All credits to their rightful owners.

Categories include: CAS, BB mode, (Edit) World, game objects related mods, along with chore fixes and new services.

CAS:

Truely Unique Sims

o violet on Tumblr - Pure CAS lighting mod

The Sims 3 [cas background, cas lighting mod, & cas organizers] | Patreon

CAS Sim Bin Genetics as Presets

CAS Lighting Edit

ColorLash: Eyelashes Match Eyebrow Color + Mascara

XCAS core mod: more tattoo locations, edit naked outfit, slider hack, body hair, more

Build/Buy:

One More Slot Please! (with vertical shifting)

[TS3] Catalog Search Mod | Patreon

Add Any Lot Size

No More Free Roofs by Gurra (simlogical.com)

TS3 HD Textures Series - Terrain Pack [UPDATE: Fixed road tiling]

Builder Stuff

Reworked & Improved EA Lights

Lazy Duchess — [TS3] Auto Lights Overhaul (tumblr.com)

More Light Coming Through Windows

Microwave Slots

Railings on Spiral Staircases!

Stuff on the Back of the Toilet

More 1-tile Dressers!

Decorate 6 Base Game Dressers - with more slots

"Stuff on the Fridge" Mod

What's On Your Stereo?

Showbiz, Profession & Other Trophies for Displays & Pedestals

Floor Plants Placeable On Slots [BG & SEAS]

More Slots for EA Furniture - End Tables, Coffee Tables, Windows, Bookshelves & More

Midnight Hollow Toys and All Teddies on Surfaces

Horse Trophies for Display Cases

Shelves + Extras Shift & Hide With Walls Down

So Many Shiftables! And a little more.

Shiftable Curtains

'Cortinas Festivas!' and 'Traditional Curtains' Blind Fix UPDATED!

Shiftable Televisions

Shiftable Skill and Partnership Certificates

Shiftable drafting table sketches

Fountain and Hot Tub Fixes by sydserious (simlogical.com)

Base Game Half Walls FIXED!!!!

Dangerous Stoves Mod - More Fire!

Objects:

Collection Icons and Files

Functional Washboard - Sims 4 Conversion

Harvestable Tree Default Replacement

More Harvestables

Buyable Mermadic Kelp

Same Energy Gain For Every Bed

Super Hampers -- Automatic Laundry Pick Up (Plus Bigger Hampers) by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

Spring Harvest And CookBook

Harvestable Flowers

Better Hoverboards

Canning Station Overhaul

The Transmogrifier (aka Object Script Changer)

New and Improved 9/11/21] Functioning Well - and Off-Grid Plumbing!

No Crappy Bunk Beds!

Default Umbrellas & Parasols

Default Taxis

Digital Photo Frame Overlay Replacement

Unlocked Permanent Tents for Residential and Community Lots

Wildflower Sell Price Nerf

Buyable Beach Towels (with custom script)

Vending Machine Tweaks

Salvaged Junkyard Objects Made Usable

Make those elevators go faster! Or slower...

Toilet Tweaks

Fairy House motive tuning: Bladder and Hygiene

Buyable Culinary Career Rewards: MinusOne Kelvin Fridge by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

[WA] Buyable Permanent Sultan's Tabernacle (Scripted object) by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

[SEAS] Gift Pile Tweaks by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

[SEAS] Buyable Bunch o' Gifts (Gift Pile) by Nona Mena (simlogical.com)

Motorcycle Parking Spaces

World:

Reduce/Remove Lag caused by Houseboats

SetHour Cheat

Lot Population Mod

TS3 Apartment mod - Updated for patch 1.55 - 1.63/1.67

nraas - Apartment Mod

Invisible Sim Fixer Mod by Consort (simlogical.com)

RPG Manager - Edit your Bin sims, towns and Active household!

NPCRomance

Space Rock Spawner Edit

Lunar Lakes missing EP rabbit holes by Darkitow (simlogical.com)

Auto-place official festival lots in later Store worlds

AMB Community Lots Auto Placement Fix + Add Other Lots (Compatible with Patch 1.63-1.67)

Chores + Services:

Gardener Service 2

Housekeeper Service - v1.2

Housecleaning For All Sims

Dirty Laundry Mod (Update 8/8/23) - Maid & Butler Tweaks

Butler & Maid will Feed Pets & Clean All Pets.

DouglasVeiga's Dancer Service

[nectar-cellar]

[UPDATED] CAS Background Replacement - TS3 - Artorsims

I spend most of my time in CAS and I really wanted some prettier and more immersive CAS backgrounds. So, I have converted some from TS4 to TS3.

This first set of 5 backgrounds is by Artorsims. I completely fell in love with these when I saw them and they inspired me to attempt this conversion in the first place.

More sets are coming so please stay tuned!

Updated August 17 2024

Lighting and weather issues have been fixed thanks to a significant update of the mod by @mspoodle1

Please redownload the NEW files.

Information

The background uses a 2048x2048px image so it may slow down your computer and look blurry if graphics settings are not on high. Use at your own risk.

The CAS Room Default will replace the CAS Room, Create-a-Pet room, and the Create-a-Bot room. You can only have 1 CAS Room Default at a time.

The Stylist Room Default will only replace the Stylist Room. You can only have 1 Stylist Room Default at a time. Requires the Ambitions EP.

Credits

CherieDawn67 at Modthesims for creating the mod and the mesh used for the background.

@mspoodle1 for updating the mod.

Artorsims Twitter and Tumblr for the images used.

Me for Photoshop work and figuring out this whole malarkey. This mod took a truly ridiculous number of hours of testing.

Make your own using my tutorial here!

Download: simfileshare / mega

[greenplumbboblover]

[WIP]: Lyralei's Pose Player Addon Fixes!

All credit for the original Pose Player Addon goes to VirtualArtisan/Misukisu! This mod is simply an enhancement to their amazing work, building on the foundation they created.

Ages ago, @nocturnalazure sparked a discussion about Pose Player Addon. While the current changes may not fully align with her original ideas, I wanted to share what I’ve been working on so far! 😊

Side Note: Noctie,when I first wrote that, I didn’t actually have a Sim I wanted to pose like that yet, but lately I've been trying to and it's SO FRUSTRATING! Argh! :p . So rest assured, I’m definitely looking into adding this feature now!

Current Features

It will now remember what poses your sim has done this gameplay session! This way, you can re-pose them into a pose they did 5 poses before the current one.

Poses Are Now Automatically Sorted!

We all know how looooooong it can take when loading all the poses from pose list. So, what I've added, is the additional option to only show poses based off it's category!

🔧How it works under the hood:

If you’re familiar with XML, you’ll pick this up in no time!

Each category (let’s use Emotion as an example) is associated with specific keywords. For instance, the Emotion category might include subcategories like Happiness, Sadness, Anger, etc.

Here’s what the XML for Happiness looks like:

<keyword_emotion> <name_category>Happiness</name_category> <keywords>happy, happiness, smile, smiled, smiling, laugh, laughed, laughing, jump, jumped, jumping, cheer, cheered, cheering, clap, clapped, clapping</keywords> </keyword_emotion>

As shown in the (highlighted in blue) keywords line, I’ve added a list of terms. These keywords help determine whether a pose belongs to the Happiness category. The script scans all installed poses and checks if their name, description, or pose key matches any of these keywords.

Of course, I’m still fine-tuning this feature, as some keywords (like jump) can have different meanings depending on the context.

But without further ado, here it is in picture form!

Ignore the weapon poses, I still need to debug why that's being added, but overall, in this case, it's got "shyness" poses! :)

And the best part?

You can create your own custom categories, and the script will automatically detect them! 🎉

I’m currently working on some default categories for those who prefer a plug-and-play solution or don’t feel comfortable diving into the technical side of things. But if you enjoy customizing your workflow, the flexibility is all yours! 😊

What I'm adding before release:

Adding the option to seamlessly use both “look at” and “facial expression” together.

Adding the option to see the categorized lists, but for non-pose list poses.

Adding an in-game Category maker, so you don't have to edit the XML. It will mean you need to replace the XML file in S3PE yourself. But I can always make a quick How-To for guidance 😉

A better "look at" system. TS3 actually comes with a system where the sim can "look" at something by turning multiple sections of their bodies. Here's the full list:  Torso ,Head, Eye. Currently Pose addon only allows Eyes to look at things.

Merge two poses together. This way you can use one pose that's specifically made for facial expressions, while the rest is handled by, say, that sitting pose you want to use!

... And of course anything else that sounds like a good idea by other pose player users! 😉

[linnlavendel]

— Hi, my name is Linn and I'm in abusive relationship with Sims 3 for sixteen years.

I created my simblr blog two years ago and posted ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Even this post was started on December 6, 2024. The one before that? May 16, 2024.

My relationship with TS3 feels toxic. It's this endless on-and-off cycle: gaslighting yourself into believing the game can handle the basics, when it absolutely can't. Nothing works, yet here you are, desperately trying to patch things up, convincing yourself that tomorrow it’ll be different. That maybe, just maybe, it’ll finally… work.

At the end of last year, I discovered I’d been playing with an incomplete store for YEARS. Finding all these random, mysterious objects I’d never seen before? That was surreal.

Later I stumbled across an unexplainable memory leak. I had to reinstall the game, because upgrading my PC somehow messed up something in the registry.

Before reinstalling, I moved my perfectly organized, fully functional mods and overrides folders to my desktop (without any backup, of course). Then, I zoned out for no reason, deleted the whole thing and emptied the recycle bin.

Why?

NO IDEA.

Instead of playing I got stuck redowloading everything, because recovering utility left me with bunch of broken mods and cc. I had this nagging feeling that one day I’m just going to turn off all my cc and go full vanilla.

Of course I haven't played since. Of course I haven't recovered shit. I'm just stupidely gazing into my mods folder now.

What's even funnier, I found my Mods folder from 2013. It's a complete mess. Mods conflicting, cc broken… and yet I remember the game working perfectly.

Why?

NO IDEA.

I upgraded my pc again. Reinstalled the game this week. Realized I didn’t even like the cc I had.

I suddenly understood that I don't need 30GB of content and 200+ hairs. So I started from scratch.

I hope I will spend the next week playing my dynasty. Or just playing. And posting something here.

But for now, thanks to ADHD, I'm recovering dead links and old cc for shits and giggles, so stay tuned!