Del Mar Avenue 432
a cc-free shell by moonwoodhollow
Who doesn't love a midcentury modern duplex home?
More screenshots, info + download link under the cut!
Real-life inspiration
While researching yet another midcentury modern build, I found this MCM house from 1963 by architect Clifton Jones Jr., and I immediately knew I had to build it. Here are some impressions of the original building.
source (with more photos)
So what do you get?
Del Mar Avenue 432 is a 30x20 residential lot that is best suited to San Sequoia, but could also work in Oasis Springs, or Del Sol Valley (with an added garden area). I’ve placed the lot on the “23 Eucalyptus Lane" lot in the Hopewell Hills neighbourhood, but the Sequoia Cottage or 36 Bayani Place lots in the same neighbourhood would work as well.
The lot consists of 1 floor, though a basement could be added via the garages. Each duplex has one bedroom with an ensuite bathroom, a guest bathroom, a living/dining room, a kitchen and a garage. If you'd like to have another bedroom, simply convert the garage into one.
Note: I needed to remove the debug floors in front of the doors on the right side of the house, because sims can't walk on them. Instead, I added regular flooring (not yet pictured in the screenshots).
Uses items from the following packs: pretty much all expansion packs and a few other packs// a tip: take a look at the build in the gallery and click on the pack icons to see what items I used.
Download: gallery ID: aeromantica | SFS
TOU: Please don’t claim it as your own or put it behind a paywall. If you find any issues (wrong/missing files) please let me know + tag me if you’ll use the build, I’d absolutely love to see it in your games!
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HOT TEA LEGACY CHALLENGE (Graphics)
If you’re looking for a way to spice up your gameplay in The Sims 4, let me introduce you to one of my current obsessions: the Hot Tea Legacy Challenge ☕✨
This challenge created by @lxdice, brings a fresh, aesthetic, and drama-filled twist to the traditional legacy challenges you may be used to. To make the experience even more fun (and visually easier for me), I decided to create my own set of graphics for the challenge
Of course, full credit for the Hot Tea Legacy Challenge goes to @lxdice, who came up with this amazing concept. I just added my own creative touch with the graphics! If you would like to support me please feel free to subscribe to me on youtube
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(yes this was reuploaded due to a mistake I made which has now been fixed!)
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:
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).
Step 5: Install DXVK
Make sure you follow this guide by Nornities and do every single step. Don't skip anything! Make sure you install the version in this guide (DXVK 2.3.1)
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 (the 32 bit one) 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.
I finally finished updating my Eye Preset Remodel 2026 pack.
This update includes:
• remodeled eye presets
• brand new thumbnails
• fixes for older preset that looked weird when using
• new gender icons for easier browsing (male / female)
Hey, all. I hope you're doing well! Back with some pretty basic CC. I love paneling and when I saw the textures from the Reclaimed Wood Dining Table, I knew I wanted to slap that tabletop vertical. BOOM.
Info:
All Normal and Specular Maps
Works for ALL wall heights
17 Swatches
Found under "Paneling"
Custom Thumbnail
Base Game Compatible
Wombats Poop Cubes
Swatches:
Download: SimsFileShare | Patreon
I have play tested in-game, but if you find any issues, let a bish know.
I believe this item can solve a common problem faced by many builders — a problem I personally struggled with as well.
In practice, it works much like a power strip: simple, flexible, and reliable — and thankfully, without introducing any electrical safety concerns to the Sim world.
🚛includes 1 package files ( Base game compatible ) :
You already know I love @jius-sims shoes, so I did more conversions for them to children, enjoy!! (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) and thank you very much for over 900 followers :) this is my gift!
• The originals are not required, but encouraged!
• Converted to Children (Feminine)
• Base Game Compatible
House Slippers - 1 swatch
Bow Flip Flops - 28 swatches
Canvas Espadrille Flats - 1 swatch
White Leather Sneakers - 2 swatches
Hollow Casual Loafers - 3 swatches
Rainboots w/ and without socks - 25 swatches
These have all been tested, but if I missed anything, let me know!
I am in no way shape or form a professional at this, I just do this for fun for myself, and just decided to share them! ♡⸝⸝
25 thousand years of fighting blender later, and I think I've tamed it enough to be able to finish some cc LMAO. Awhile back I decided to convert my cigarette earrings into an actual cigarette since I couldn't find any I liked out there. It's been done a million times, this is just a personal project I wanted to share :p
Unisex
All LODS
New Mesh (from a previous set of earrings)
Teen to Elder
Polys: 166
Found under piercings
Disallowed for Random (At least im 99% sure I fixed that)
4 swatches total
Known issues: Not that I know of yet :q
You can do just about anything you want with my cc! Retexture/Recolor/Mesh Edit/Conversions, credit is just appreciated in the end! ♡
Just DON’T put behind paywalls. I make these for free, you have no reason to be making money off this stuff.
~ 24 EA colors
~ All LODS
~ Compatible with the base game
~ Hat compatible
~ 3 VERSION
If you encounter any problems, feel free to message me ✨
Thank you all for your support 🩷
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guys, this is a life hack... put these hairs on any sim, along with a vintage designer jacket to your liking and your sim is ready to go out and gentrify local bodegas, attend gallery openings of non-sellable art and get nodded approvingly at by the doormen who guard the totally secret abandoned warehouse nightclubs.
ashcroft is the surprisingly successful result of a hair tutorial i made recently, go watch it on youtube if ya wanna learn how i make hairs! it's based on young richard ashcroft's hair
kwia is another full revamp of a hair i made back when i released the accidental mullet hairpack, but i didn't include it, so now it got its chance to shine. and i named it after an ambient listening bar located in berlin because... well, you get me, hopefully.. right??
info:
✶ base game compatible
✶ hat compatible
✶ HQ textures AND NON-HQ textures - if you don't play with HQ-mod, I recommend getting the NON HQ versions
✶ unisex
✶ teen-elder
✶ all LOD’s
✶ 44 swatches - 24 EA'ish + 20 custom
✶ poly count:
kwia: 27,3k
ashcroft: 29,4k
all sides previews:
terms of use:
- credit me/my creations if sharing edits/recolours/conversions of them.
- needless to say, don't claim my creations as your own.
- since all my content is always free, i don't allow my content or edits/recolours/conversions to be paywalled.
download: simfileshare | patreon (always free)
enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!
ps... ummm i haven't updated my game since before the marketplace update 👉👈
Saw this hairstyle on pinterest ages ago and thought it looked SO COOL that I immediately saved the reference. It ended up sitting in my folder for months until I finally tried making it this week. The texture is from an ea base game hair! I also watched several locs tutorials/references while making this, though this specific style was a bit hard to find references for, so if I got anything factually wrong please feel free to let me know kindly <3 that was never my intention and I'd genuinely appreciate corrections.
GAME VERSION: 1.121
BGC / Unisex / Hat compatible
33k polygons
Ombre 63 swatches – brow ring (left)
Hair Acc 8 swatches - hat + nose ring (left)
Extra colors available with the Colorbara palette add-on (WHAT IS COLORBARA?)
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Patreon / Sim File Share / Ko-fiฅ
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