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Recolor of the boring BlandCo kitchen for the Sims 4. New wood and marble textures. I added a metal mesh to the glass to better hide the ugly dishes and glasses inside of the cabinets.

20 Swatches for the counter and island

5 swatches for the wall cabinet

All textures are seamless although due to how EA does the islands you may see some seams with the curved an corner pieces.

--Download-- (Dropbox)

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WIP BlandCo Cabinet recolors. Still some tweaking to do but Download coming soon...

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Just a gripe....

Creators. I appreciate all the hard work that goes into creating CC for the sims. You all work hard a deserve all the thanks you receive. That being said for the few cc creators on here who use hashtags like #ts4mod #ts3mod etc. for things like CC hair, genetics, clothing, objects etc. Please stop. CC is not a mod. A mod is not CC. All this does by mislabeling hashtags is clog up the search function on tumblr.

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Sunset Valley - Fixed and Renovated.  World Download

Sunset Valley Renewal

What is this?

-Sunset Valley map edited in CAW to group all of the new community lots from all the expansion into their own neighborhood.  Original road layout is still in place just a few extra lots added. -Relocated Most of the expansion community Lots that EA took absolutely no effort to place within the world.  Almost all of the EA Expansion lots were facing the wrong direction, incorrect lot sizes etc.  Now they are all in one location with the exception of the Equestrian lot as its requires a large lot so that lot has been left in its original location.  ( I might update this in the future by adding a new lot within CAW) -Multiple Residential lots have been relocated in order to accommodate the new Community lots but all of the original EA lots/families are still within the world. -Fixed many of the ugly roof lines of the original EA builds. -Every House has been "toned down" with more neutral colors inside.  No more mustard and olive green bathrooms and kitchens! -Multiple houses have been redesigned to a more functional floor plan.  For Example: Plus Plus no longer has that ugly tree house looking addition to the back of the house.  It now resembles a colonial style two story home. -Most homes have had their exterior colors either changed or toned down from their Crayola box colors.

I have to say this is to my tastes.  I admit I am a fan of blues and grays so there might be a bit of a common theme with some lots.  I did go out of my comfort zone quite a bit however and used some color.  Overall this is a drastic improvement over the vanilla game while trying to keep the same feel of the original Sunset Valley.

** I have all of the expansion packs and some stuff packs installed.  I also own some store content but I don't think any of it was used.  This isn’t necessary to use this world.  If you start the game and see some missing windows etc that just means you don't have that expansion/pack.  You can just replace whats missing.  The game world will still work fine. **

**Scroll for File and Pics **

The Pics...

This is an Example of how EA added Expansion pack lots into the game.  The building is facing the wrong direction and placed in an odd location on the map.

 New Commercial District with most of the Expansion pack lots.  Fire Station, Clubs, Laundromat, Consignment Store etc.

Before....

After...

Interior Before.....  So much Mustard and Olive green... Yuck!

After.  Neutral colors and doesn’t make your eyeballs hurt.

Before... I don’t even know what this is lol

After... Removed that weird diagonal bit, rotated the lot cleaned up the roof lines.

Before....

After.  Because everyone loves a grungy trailer.

FILE:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4bj3icoveb1l756/Sunset%20Valley%20Renewal.zip?dl=0

Installation:

Please read through these instructions carefully.  Most people should understand how to do this but I prefer not having to answer questions on what should be very simple instructions.

1.  Unzip the file to a separate folder.  You should see a file called Sunset Valley Renewal.Sims3Pack (World File) and a folder called Sunset Valley Renewal.sims3 (Game Save)

2.  Copy the Sunset Valley Renewal.Sims3Pack to you Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Downloads.  In Windows 10/11 you can just open up File Explorer and in the left bar you will see "Documents"  otherwise it will be copied to X:\Users\(Your Windows Login Name)\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Downloads.  Keep the Sims 3 Folder open as you will need this again in a few steps.

3.  Open The sims 3 launcher (S3Launcher.exe).  Click on Downloads.  If you copied the world file to the correct location you should see Sunset Valley Renewal there.  Click on the check box to the left of the name and click install.  A box will pop up.  Wait for it to finish installing.  Close the box and then close the launcher.

4.  Next you will need to install my save game in order to have the world be populated.  Otherwise if you start a new game the world will be empty.  All of the lots will be there but there will be no sims in any of the houses.

5.  Copy the folder Sunset Valley Renewal.sims3 to Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves.  Be sure to copy the entire folder over not just the files inside of the folder.

6.  Now you're done!  If you copied the save game correctly when you start the game you should see a new save called Sunset Valley Renewal.  Load this up and you're good to go.  Do not start a New Game with the world or the world will be unpopulated!  Of course you can always play with the world unpopulated and populate it with your own sims but if you want it populated use the save.

7.  Another note...  If you want to be able to start a new game in this world in the future after loading into the world Save As and rename it to whatever you want that way in the future you will be able to use my save to start fresh in Sunset Valley again.

Thanks and Enjoy!

**Please feel free to share this, all I ask is that you link back to this post for the file.**

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The Sims 3 Smooth Patch 1.2

Disclaimer: This mod is not an all in one solution for lag; Essential improvements like NRaas mods, Graphics Rules and 4GB patching your game are still recommended, and your mileage may vary depending on your system. Some people don’t see much change, others see a huge improvement.

This mod makes the game’s logic threads run faster, speeding up loading of Buy/Build and CASt, smoother UI elements, smoother CAS. Can also speed up live mode and loading, it’s essentially a general improvement.

Steam/Disk version: SFS / Dropbox

Simply unzip the file into your “The Sims 3/Game/Bin” folder.

Origin version: SFS / Dropbox

For Origin, unzip the file into your “The Sims 3/Game/Bin” folder and install my Custom Launcher or, alternatively, launch the game from “TS3PatchLauncher.exe”

The launcher will attempt to boot as administrator if possible, to ensure the patch goes through.

You can configure the mod by editing the TS3Patch.txt file with notepad.

I left comments in that file on how to set it up if you’re having any issues or if you think your computer is good enough to increase the speed. 

You can increase the Delay value by around 1000-5000 if the patch is failing.

There you can also toggle Borderless if you run your game windowed and set an FPS Limit if your GPU doesn’t allow you to do so already.

The changes are most noticeable in CAS: Smoother body sliders, Sim rotation and quicker switching of clothes.

Update 1.2:

Improved FPS Limiter accuracy.

Package installer/uninstaller no longer goes fullscreen borderless.

The package installer/uninstaller will now be limited to 60 FPS regardless of your FPS limiter setting, as it can normally get into the thousands and it doesn’t make much sense.

Origin: Installing or uninstalling CC via the launcher no longer makes the patch not take effect once you launch the game.

I’ve made an album with some GIFs showcasing the mod (Tumblr is not letting me embed Imgur):

Imgur Album

@xiasimla made some very useful comparison videos as well:

Tumblr Post

An old tweet from thepancake1 made me give this a shot, as he hadn’t released any downloads or information on how to achieve it.

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A tip to speed up your game

Use NRaas Master Controller to remove items from inventories of the inactive sims and families you don’t play with. 

Go to Master Controller -> Town -> Object Stats -> Inventory and delete the items you don’t want to stay. You can delete books that inactive sims have in their inventories, musical instruments and - most important - cars that get stuck.

You can see how many books are unnecessarily taking space. Removing just the inventory items in my game deleted over a 1,200 items and the game runs super smooth now. 

Just remember not to remove items your family has and wants to keep. For example, do not remove the cell phones for obvious reasons.

Enjoy the magic!

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Build Challenge.... Sims 1-4

Here are the four houses for comparison.  Really shows the evolution of the game or possible de-evolution in the case of The Sims 4  although I suppose that’s subjective. Which game do you think looks the best?

Sims 1

Sims 2

Sims 3

Sims 4

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Build Challenge..... (Part 4)

Final part Sims 4.  This was a fun challenge.

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Build Challenge..... (Part 3)

Sims 3 now.  

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Build Challenge..... (Part 2)

Here’s the same house built in The Sims 2.   It’s interesting to see the evolution from one game to the next.

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Build Challenge..... (Part 1)

I was watching James Turner on YouTube doing a build challenge where he builds the same home in all four Sims games (video link below).  So I figured challenge accepted!  Here’s my first home built in The Sims 1.  Its a four bedroom Georgian Style Colonial.  The hardest challenge other then the chunkiness of the original game was actually getting it to run under Windows 10.  If anyone is interested I can throw up a quick tutorial.  It actually wasn’t that bad and the game is considered abandonware now so its available to download all over the place if you don’t already own the game.  Anyway on to the screenshots.....

James Turner’s Build Challenge video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2KJ_5tFjI

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Done!  This was a fun one.  I totally forgot about all the Art Deco stuff from Roaring Heights.  Def filled in the gaps.  Also a quick shot of the interior.

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Miami Beach Style Apartment building.  WIP.  Used the McAlpin Hotel in South Beach as inspiration.

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More of my Sunset Valley Revamp.  Beachfront homes.  Progress is slow but I’m still enjoying myself so I’ll take it.

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Brutalism in The Sims 3?

I’ve been working on a Sunset Valley Revamp in my free time and I have been incorporating a lot of “Brutalism” style of architecture into the downtown buildings.  I really love the angular shapes of Brutalism and the minimalist design and natural use of materials.

First 2 images are of the Art Gallery which is a WIP. Still completely empty inside.  Third image is of of a finished apartment building.

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Trailer Park Life....

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I like how this kitchen is coming out.