4t3 Conversion: Witty Tee, Jimena Hoodie, and Daisy Hoodie by Simkoos
Hi! Here are 3 conversions I did in the past few days because our young sims always need more clothes! All have custom thumbnails. In CAST it will say "the current style is invalid," but if you just click the check mark it'll work fine. Still working on fixing this!
⚠I'm a beginner, so my conversions may have flaws.
I didn't make these, I just converted them. Credit goes to @simkoos. Originals here
Details and download link below!
Witty Tee
-BGC
-All LODs
-Disabled for random
-For Child male & female
-1 recolorable channel
-5 swatches, 1 recolorable and 4 from the original ts4 one
Jimena Hoodie
-BGC
-All LODs
-Disabled for random
-For Child male-female
-1 recolorable channel (I really wanted to make the pompoms recolorable, but I just couldn't get it😭so to make up for it I added 6 swatches from ts4)
-7 swatches, 1 recolorable and 6 from the ts4 one
Daisy Hoodie
-BGC
-All LODs
-Disabled for random
-For child male-female
-1 recolorable channel
-3 swatches, 1 recolorable and 2 from the ts4 version
Do werewolves even like bubble tea? Awooo knows? However, they most definitely do enjoy digging through the bargain bins here at Moonwood Mill's only thrift store. You can never have too many pairs of aesthetically pre-ripped jeans.
20x15 lot: New Moon Shack, Moonwood Mill.
CC free: I have all the packs and kits.
No apologies for the terrible pun living rent free in my head until I set it free in build/buy mode.
Also let's pretend the randomly floating bubble tea was left in on purpose.
Made in celebration of Simblreen 2022! Enjoy! @simblreenofficial
Greetings! I’ve seen so many posts scattered all over the corners of the internet that give some great tips and tricks for speeding up or fixing your game. I got tired of hunting them down every time I re-install my game so I compiled them all into one place. It’s been sitting in my drafts as just kind of an easily accessed storage space but I figured I’d share it publicly to help maybe save a life.
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👉 Use NRAAS Mods Overwatch, Register, and ErrorTrap
👉 Use Kuree’s Save Cleaner
👉 Change your DEP settings
👉 Patch your game with the 4GB Patch Tool
👉 Increase your virtual memory
👉 Use ParkControl
👉 Convert Sims3Packs to Packages
👉 Use BulkRenameUtility to remove all special characters and spaces from your CC files
👉 Merge your CC
👉 Compress your CC
👉 Maximize the amount of RAM that TS3 can use
👉 Use Razer Game Booster
👊Visit NRAAS General Issues FAQ Page for troubleshooting
The Annam Collection is BACK, and we're starting the next chapter by bringing some life and realism into your Sims' kitchens!
Introducing the Annam Side-by-Side Refrigerator in two essential versions. Whether your Sim is a busy parent who needs to pin school notes and art projects - complete with magnets and notes - or a minimalist who insists on sleek, uncluttered stainless steel perfection, we have you covered.
All item is Base Game Compatible (BGC) and Maxis Match
5 swatches of goth-inspired brows. Available as eyebrows and face paint for full customization, allowing you to choose a different brow for every makeup look.
DOWNLOAD (patreon, free) | SIMFILESHARE
Currently only available in one color (black), but if there is demand for others then I'd be happy to add them.
Finally utilising the stencil system from Businesses and Hobbies, these stencils are designed to make your no-CC characters a bit more unique. They will not mark as using CC, which makes sharing sims using them a little easier
15 stencils total, including acne, freckles, blush, shadow, limbs darkening, and 9 suntan imitations
Sims' groin is untouched by the tattoo paint mode, and I can't do anything with it, but it's not visible with clothes on
I had a few issues with these and learn something more about converting. There is some clipping though some of the clothes, but it's not a lot. - Please let me know if there is any issues i have overlooked. Enjoy ദ്ദി •⩊• )
Was gotten to my attencion that the slippers was seen as corrupt in delphy's dashboard. Could't find any reasons to it other then the ages so seperated them. They should be fine now. I'm not sure if they were infact corrupt but just so you know
With DXVK and S3SS living their high days, older Sims 3 installment guides are rapidly starting to become outdated. So here's a brand new and up-to-date step-by-step guide to go through when you do a fresh install of your game that will help you get the best performance you could possibly imagine for this old and laggy gem of a game.
Have Sims 3 installed, but is it performing abhorrently? I highly recommend a fresh install. You don't have to delete your saves or mods. Just get yourself a fresh bin to work with by uninstalling, going into your program files The Sims 3 folder and deleting any remnant files still in there. Then follow my guide!
All of the steps to follow are below the line ->
Step 1: install your game through your respected platform.
Just follow the regular steps and install the game without adding any other stuff yet whatsoever.
(I personally have a legit copy of the Sims 3 on Steam. If you use another app and have any questions, I'll probably not be able to help you.)
Step 2: run the game once through the official launcher. Once you get to the main menu, you can quit again.
It is very important you run your game through the original launcher at least once after installing it. Not doing so can cause problems with programs like CC magic. You only need to do it the first time. After that, we'll be skipping the launcher entirely.
Step 3: Create a short cut of TS3W.exe on your desktop.
You'll be skipping the launcher from now on. This helps with performance and it starts up your game much faster. It is also important to do this because of DXVK.
You can find TS3W.exe in your bin folder. For me (Steam version) it's in this location:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 3\Game\Bin
Right click TS3W.exe, click 'show more options' and choose 'create a shortcut'. Place this shortcut on your desktop and Run Sims 3 from there from now on.
Step 4: Run the GPU Add-on Support patcher
You can find this patcher here. It is essential to run this because Sims will otherwise not recognize your graphics card unless it's over 10 years old. This patcher helps to get your GPU recognized.
The patcher will create a new Graphicsrules.sgr and new Graphicscards.sgr for you in your bin folder. After installing this, you can move the ones that have _old behind them somewhere else (or delete them).
P.S.: if you pirate your game you'll have to do this manually, there's guides online for it but since I have a legit copy I can't help you here.
Step 5: Install DXVK
Make sure you follow this guide by Nornite and do every single step. Don't skip anything!
I'd say DXVK is pretty essential nowadays, especially if you have a modern graphics card with 6GB of VRAM or higher. It'll greatly help to keep your game stable and can prevent a lot of crashes. The way Dxvk works, is that it loads textures through your VRAM instead of your RAM. Especially when you use a lot of CC or HD textures, this will make a huge difference for your RAM usage. Sims 3 can only use 4GB of RAM at once and will start crashing once you hit the 3GB mark in your task manager. With DXVK, you will use a lot less RAM and it'll take much longer for your game to reach this hard cap.
When not to install DXVK: if you have a shitty GPU (like an integrated graphics card on a laptop, or one with 4GB of VRAM or less).
Step 5: Start up the game
Use your new desktop shortcut that also has 'run as administrator' permissions now if you followed the DXVK guide properly.
Step 6: set up all your settings through the ingame options menu
The best graphics settings for you will highly depend on what computer you're using. But there are some things you should always turn off because they negatively affect performance. I will share my (relevant) settings with you (I use a custom UI so your screen style will look a little different from mine). Click on the images to enlarge them so you can read them:
Things of note about these settings:
I recommend you play in windowed mode, especially if you plan to use ReShade. Playing fullscreen is possible, but it does make Reshade presets behave differently in your game. I will include a step in this guide that you can follow to play windowed borderless. So, when you plan to do this: make sure you set the resolution to your display resolution.
Enable object hiding helps with performance. Advanced rendering is essential because otherwise your game looks like absolute shit.
Set your High Detail Lots to any value between 2 and 4. Don't go lower or higher, because you'll get rendering issues that lag out your game.
All other graphics settings can be set to your heart's desire. I'd say start with the highest settings and only go down if you notice your frames per second are bad.
Disable shop mode and lessons and fully disable memories or use this mod to severly limit them. Disable interactive loading screens as well. These are all performance eaters. Interactive loading screen also causes crashes. Memories also don't do anything for your sim, it's just a scrap book with no in-game effects.
Disable any online mode feature. This also lags out your game. Unless you really want to use these features it's best to just play fully offline.
Save your settings, close the game again.
Step 7: Install Sims 3 Settings Setter
This is the most recent magic genie that Sims 3 was blessed with. Especially combined with DXVK it is a life changer. Installing it is simple. You download the most recent version here and drop the .asi file in your bin. Also grab 'wininet.dll' from here and drop that one in your bin too.
Start up your game and load up a save. Once you're inside your save, you press 'insert' to open up the menu for Sims 3 Settings Setter. Go to the 'patches' tab and enable what you like. These are my enabled patches and they all work really well for me, but feel free to experiment with them to find your own performance sweet spot:
Only enable uncompressed textures if you have a GPU with at least 8gb of VRAM. My game will use over 6gb of VRAM easily with this enabled, so you've been warned.
Once you have everything you desire enabled, press 'file' in the top left corner and click 'save settings'.
Step 7.5: if you're playing windowed mode: go into the Other/QoL tab and enable 'Borderless Window'. Set it to 'Full Screen'.
Save your settings and close your game again. No need to save the game you entered for this unless you want to.
Step 8: Install Nraas Errortrap, MasterController and Overwatch
These 3 mods by Nraas are pretty much essential to keep your game from breaking down in the long run. You can download the mods here. Have you never installed a mod for Sims 3 before? Here's a guide (skip the part about Sims3pack and go straight to the part where it explains how to install .package mods).
That's it! You can now play The Sims 3 and it'll be as smooth and stable as it'll ever be. From here on, you can stock your game with more mods and CC (check out my mods masterlist!), or you can install Reshade (here's a guide).
Some important things to keep in mind while playing:
Clean up your game regularly. You can easily do this by using Regul Save Cleaner.
When you install a new mod or update/change Sims 3 Settings Setter, always restart and clear your caches.
Use CC Magic for installing CC, because it merges your files and this really helps with performance. Here's a handy guide on how to use it. Don't put your script mods in here, just your CC.
If you plan to travel to vacation destinations in the EP World Adventures, Nraas Traveler is a must to prevent most of the bugs and crashes that happen in this expansion.
Always keep in mind: mods and corrupt CC can still break your game, make it laggy or unplayable. Always be mindful of the mods you add, so you can always trace any issues you're having back to the mod causing it. I highly recommend not downloading a ton of mods in one session, but adding them step by step and see what they do to your games performance.
Use 'Reset the entire town' from Nraas MasterController at least every other sim week. It'll help clear up any lag that happens because of NPC sims getting themselves stuck routing or annoying stuff like that.
Got a slow CAS? Use Nraas MasterController Compact mode! (Make sure you have the Nraas MasterController Integration module installed).
Navigate to NRaas > MasterController > Settings > CAS.
Set the following to True:
Show in Compact Form: Accessories
Show in Compact Form: Clothing
Show in Compact Form: Hats
this is one of the few clothing pieces that i actually like from into the future, but i never have the pack installed in my game, so i decided to make it base game compatible!
valid for ya/a females
removed shine
6 style presets (3 with gradient, 3 with single colour)
I liked this top a lot, but didn't care much for the large belt buckle or the pants. I made it flare out a bit more at the bottom, in case you want to pair it with a poofy skirt, but there might still be clipping. The camo stencil is also now a recolorable area on its own.
For children, unisex. Everyday, Formal, Outerwear. Not enabled for random.
3 presets, 4 channels.
Original Store item (cmBodyWoodsFringe) not required.