Franniez Sims

Welcome to my Tumblr of Sims stuff. No tutorials here, just what I like & what I think is special. I like making poses and custom animations, so I will put them here for download.

[franniewee]

[simmerkate]

Link to my new tutorial here: Video

If you wanna learn to create decor here is a video for you.

[nochiquinn]

So you might have seen this image going around the internet.

[ID: A high school hallway crammed with shoulder-to-shoulder teenagers, about three of whom are wearing masks. End ID.]

This is a high school in my area. This was the first day back. This picture, taken by a student, went viral (ha), and the superintendent was more or less forced to make a statement. It’s long and it’s a lot of bullshit but here’s the big stupid part.

“One area where we have received a good deal of feedback is mask use in our schools. Wearing a mask is a personal choice and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them. What we will do is continue to strongly encourage all students and staff to wear masks.”

If I have to explain to you the staggering level of bullshit in this statement, then you’ve never been an AFAB person in high school. Tank top? Sent home. Jeans too tight? Home. Collarbones showing? Home. Never mind the application of out-of-school suspension, which is its own kind of bullshit that we’re not here to discuss today. If you can send someone home for showing too much ankle you can send them home for not wearing a mask.

I’ve seen pushback against him on Twitter but they’ve already proven they don’t give a shit what we think, or care about the safety of the students OR staff. Only that things look like they’ve gone back to normal.

So it’d be a real shame if people from all over blew up their phones at 770-443-8000 or used faxzero.com to send 5 free faxes per day to 770-443-8089 making known their concerns about this anti-response to a massive public health risk. Make it a national issue and maybe shame our government into acting like they’ve got a single brain cell between them. It’d just be real upsetting. I’m just saying.

[nochiquinn]

HEY GUESS WHAT IT’S WORSE THAN THAT

“ Within days of that workout, several North Paulding [football] players had tested positive for the coronavirus. The school’s parents were notified just hours before the first day of class.”

“James’ parents saw the photograph that had been circulating Tuesday and told him, ‘You are not going back to school again,’ he said. But a few hours later, his mother had spoken to the school and was told that students who ‘chose not to go to school’ could face suspension or expulsion.“

“Any student found criticizing the school on social media could face disciplinary consequences.”

This is a fraction of the article, please read the whole thing. I didn’t know about the expulsion threats - there was a literal three-day window to enroll for virtual. These kids are forced to choose between their health and their academic career. I can’t form words, I’m so fucking mad. Please don’t let them get away with this unscathed - Kemp either, this is his goddamn fault.

[nochiquinn]

Some quick updates since I’m on mobile:

This thread

This article, which is mostly common sense stuff/shit we already knew, but it’s nice to hear someone else say it.

Roommate was up in arms about this; you can’t stop a kid sneezing in a hallway. Plus sneezing in your mask is the absolute worst, - 20/10, do not recommend

Imagine that

lmfao of course he didn’t

Lastly, this thread, which seems to be aggregating content faster and more efficiently than I am

Thank y'all for blowing this up, please keep blowing it up, and if you could point people at this edition of the post I’d appreciate it. Not only is there more info but I fixed the really bad typo that was in the original post that took off.

[riskpig]

Please keep spreading this post. I work at a school in this district. The superintendent is a moron.

I got lucky that my school isn’t as bad as North Paulding High School, but it’s still not great. Kids on the waiting list for virtual learning are still being forced to come in person until “a space opens up for them.”

Our halls have arrows and signs, but the kids ignore them as kids are wont to do. The week before school opened, I was tasked to fill classrooms with 34 desks. THIRTY-FOUR. No one is social distancing, partly because no one is being given the option.

Every day, I go to work terrified. I have had panic attacks, knowing that these innocent kids that don’t have the emotional maturity to appreciate the gravity of the situation are going to get sick.

[franniewee]

This is really horrifying. Made to chose between health and education. Wearing facemask is a personal choice...?.WTF 

Here in the Netherlands schools haven’t started yet, but I don’t think it will be that different. Maybe not being expelled. My husband works at a school (I don’t know the equivalent for HBO) Sofar he has been working with Teams at home. He fears to start of the new school year. What arrangements are being made? These (young) adults are coming from far away, traveling by train and such. Being on holiday in maybe risky European country’s. It would help to wear face masks. But our government is only talking about your own responsibility (which forgive me, young people don’t have (yet)) and it’s not scientificily proven that face masks are helping to spread the virus. There are people saying “I don’t believe in Corona, it’s like the flew, we all have to die, that is part of life”

Well, I don’t believe in rain, but when outside when raining, I get wet.

[franniewee]

Now with DOWLOAD link  

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[ellemant]

How to check for High Poly Meshes using S4S

Here’s a super quick tutorial on how to check the poly count on your shiny new custom content, be it CAS or BUY mode content.

You will need the Sims 4 Studio program, found here.

Open Sims 4 Studio and select the My Projects button.

Navigate to wherever the content you want to check is located and select a package file. What I like to do is sort everything by size and I will usually select a file that has a large size*. In this example pic, one file was pretty large so that’s the one I decided to open.

Once S4S opens up the package file, navigate to the Meshes Tab. In this tab, you’ll be able to see the vertices and polygon count of your object. As you can see, the object I selected ( it was a BUY mode object)  is dangerously high poly!  I have a pretty powerful computer, but I’d still be leery of using an object with a count this high. The creator I obtained this object from did not state this was a high poly object, so keep that in mind whenever you download any content- if the creator hasn’t advised of the count, be sure to check it yourself using this method.

So now that I know the count, I can decide to delete this object entirely from my game or use it sparingly, for like a picture edit or something. It definitely cannot be used for game-play or to decorate my Sims’ home.  

I hope this tutorial helps you in deciding what kind of custom content you want to use in your game.

*Merged package files will have larger sizes, I’m looking for single objects*

[machimoiras-deactivated20210118]

reblog to save a computer~

[cyberth0t-deactivated20260111]

[xldkx]

(that picture tho lmfdlsajfklas)

if you are a creator and don’t know how to lower poly to create proper LODs , check the links below.

1. decimate modifier (the one you should know. if not, get familiar with it)

2. checker deselect (collapsing and removing edge loops)

3. limited dissolve! (messier and can make a uv map ugly so use sparingly)

4. remove doubles (you should already be doing this if you create hair and clothing but it can be used for objects)

creators aren’t responsible for how someone else plays their game but if that creator is charging for cc (on patreon), they do have some obligation to warn or at least ATTEMPT to make cc that’s game ready. you do a huge disservice to your patrons (ie the ppl PAYING YOU TO MAKE CC) by releasing potentially computer-bricking cc.

also let’s normalize putting that poly count on cc releases pls!

[lilpixelplace-deactivated202008]

Reblog it again, the best practice of making game-ready asset as far as i know is first create a high poly model, you can go as high poly and detailed as you want, name it as xxx_HP, and then from that create a low poly one, remove the subdivision and bevel modifier, merge all the edges and vertices that dont contribute to support the shape as much as you can, etc. Name the low poly mesh xxx_LP(the naming process is important for baking in programs like substance painter or marmoset), and then use the high poly one to bake on the low poly one, to create a normal map that extracts details from high poly and makes the low poly one appears more detailed. you can do that in blender, substance painter, marmoset toolbag or other 3d program of your choice. 

Blenderguru has a tutorial on how to bake normal map in blender:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r-cGjVKvGw&t=1s

*as im still learning this workflow, if there’s any mistake pls let me know.

i know its very time-consuming, but for the sake of other people’s gaming experience, especially if the cc is paid content. pls use this method instead of releasing crazy high poly meshes for games and call it “i dont want to lose any details”.

[simandy]

reblogging for creators as me that are not blender professionals and sometimes don’t know all the shortcuts and paths to a perfect mesh :)

[strangestorytellersims]

Just wanna add a link to my favorite RETOPOLOGY TUTORIAL by magnificent @mauvemorn. 

[melonsloth]

Tutorial - Decor crowds (and decor sims)

Keep reading

[franniewee]

This can be very handy!

[syaovu]

How to sort your non-default eyes cc by style not by colors in CAS

If you are using 2+ non default eyes like me and you are borthered by the swatches are mixing up or hard to find the eyes you want without having a headache. Then do this.

Required: Sims4Studio

So originally, most nondefault eyes are made with the sorting order from 0 to 100+, which gonna make 10 different styles of green eyes in around same spot of EA green eyes, for so they mostly sort by colors. And if the palette goes beyond the EA colors and/or more swatches and/or sort differently by cc eyes creators, it will be like picture above.

Step 1: Open Sims4Studio, click on My Projects, locate the NON-DEFAULT eyes package you want to re-sort, and open it.

Step 2: When the package is opened, (1) click on Warehouse Tab, you can see the list of CAS Parts on the left which control how the swatch behave, (2) click on the first CAS Part, (3) on the right side, type sec into the search bar, (4) SecondaryDisplayIndex will appear, you want to change the number next to it.

Step 3: The strategy is go for big number, I recommend go for 1000, then go the next CAS Part on the list on the left side, change number up by the unit of 5, so it will be 1005

Step 4: Continue going down the list for each CAS Part, change the number increase by 5 than previous CAS Part, 1010, 1015, 1020, 1025 and so for until you reach the end. 

Step 5: When you’re done, hit Save at the bottom and then Cancel to exit the file.

Step 6: Do the same thing from Step 1 to Step 5 again for each new non default eyes that you have. The new eyes to re-sort now start with 2000 like pic below, then the next following set of eyes start with 3000 and so for, the reason to do this is to keep them far away from each other to avoid mixing up.

One tip: Sometimes when you go down the CAS Part list, the color swatch is not arranged correctly(top to bottom) to how they appear in Studio Tab, so instead of go from top to bottom and add 5 to the new one, you can just add the number before the existing number like pic below to make it thounsands unit.

Now, open the game and tada you have pretty organized non-defaults eyes in CAS (also great that you can delete the eyes you had in your folder that you don’t want to use anymore in the process)

[franniewee]

I must try this

[wtsproductions]

Simeo: Netflix for Sims

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Hi guys! I’m not dead, sick, but not dead. Anywho, I’ve been working on a BIG new project, Simeo. It’s a streaming platform specifically for sims machinima!

Why you should choose Simeo over YouTube:

➤ Ad-free viewing, adult content and copyrighted music allowed.

➤ Custom profiles, ability to post things to your wall, friends, and groups.

➤ Make money with the affiliate program, earn every time someone subscribes to the website with your link.

❗ You can still keep your vids on YouTube and upload to both ❗

❗ Subbed series/vids are allowed, as long as it relates to machinima it’s fine❗

➤ Check out the website: https://simeo.whatthesims.com/ and submit videos here: https://simeo.whatthesims.com/submit-your-videos

If you just want an account to view content, register here: https://simeo.whatthesims.com/register/

[flowersimfactory]

NEW AND IMPROVED SITE FAMS!!!!!

https://simeotv.com/

[remussirion]

Tumblr search results - a never ending story - possible fix

Ran some tests the past hour and first, I’d like to thank all of you who helped by reporting back and also to those who endured the spam! Thank you ♥

Thanks to everyone who reports additional factors, I will keep this post updated!

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[franniewee]

WIP: GREETINGS from all over the world. This animation (still) is Namaste. 

My tiny way to contribute to the BLM movement. Some animators around  FlowersSimFactory had the plan to make CC animations and the money people would pay for them is intended for several projects. Check  #BLM Sims Animators Project for more details.  

[zerbu]

The Sims 4 Mod: Copy Worlds (Experimental)

Thanks to this tutorial on ModTheSims (and this version of the tutorial by @simply-victoriax​ with images and updated information), it’s possible to copy entire worlds and lots in a save file - that means you can have multiple Newcrests or Oasis Springs or any other world you want (with limitations that I’ll mention later).

Cloning worlds by hand is long and tedious, so I made this mod to automate the process. It allows you to quickly copy the current world using a cheat.

How to Use

With the mod installed, open the cheat console while in the world you want to copy (either in Build Mode or Live Mode), enter worlds.copy, and a dialog will appear where you can enter the name of the new world. Enter the name then click OK, then save*, return to the main menu and reload. That’s it, you now have a new world in your game!

*I strongly recommend saving to a new file in case something goes wrong. World cloning is still an experimental process so there might be unknown bugs.

The mod also comes with a bonus cheat, worlds.rename, which allows you to rename existing worlds.

Limitations and Notes

There are some limitations with world cloning. These aren’t specifically caused by the mod, and will apply even if you copy a world manually with the tutorial linked above.

Apartments and penthouses do not currently work properly. This includes the ones in Britechester. All copies of apartments and penthouses share the same set of objects, so changes to one will effect all the others.

All instances of a world will show the same background lots as one instance (this can be either the original or the copy, depending on which the game detects first). While this isn’t game breaking, it could be distracting for a lot of people.

Trying to place a lot from the gallery, from map view, on a lot that has never been accessed will cause the game to be stuck on “Building Lot”. To able to place lots from the gallery, you’ll first need to enter Build Mode (or visit it in Live Mode). Most likely, the game needs to acess data that doesn’t exist until the lot loads for the first time.

Moving a household into a copy will temporarily change the original in the world select screen to a copy of the copy. Going into Live Mode fixes the problem.

Some off-lot objects won’t appear in copy worlds. This is because those objects are technically part of a premade lot rather than being attached to the world itself. You can add your own objects with TwistedMexi’s T.O.O.L mod.

Lots that have never been visited or edited will show the image of the premade lot that was in their place, even though they’re actually empty.

Download

[franniewee]

OMG, this is SuperDuper! 

[franniewee]

[franniewee]

Making Faces (presets facial expressions)

The facial expressions presets in-game I made (so far) for the Melodine Alpha rig made by FlowersSimsFactory. They are all put in a row.

Using presets (already made ‘poses’) for hands or facial expressions makes it less work for animators. Of course you can make it richer when adding extra’s with the position of the head, the eyelids, blinking etc. Or just alter the preset a bit to your liking.

If you don’t like this rig (Melodine), no problem: the presets can be used to any other rig, although it’s some work. I will make a tutorial about that. You can find the Melodine Alpha rig at his Patreon. Also, check on my tutorial on how to make presets yourself. It can be found here: https://youtu.be/e90kIIcD56I.

[franniewee]

Working on Rise & Shine: Bad Dreams. I like the expression on the face. Busy checking, removing flaws, smoothing movement. 

[franniewee]

RISE & SHINE: Yawning Yes, here it is (after sooo long), the first CC animation from the series Rise & Shine. I’ll put the download link below. 

There are 2 variations.  One is for the normal Base Game bed. The beds of later expansions are a bit higher, so a made a version for those as well.  Animations are in a loop. The actual animation is shorter, but elongated to be in a loop. You need Andrew’s poseplayer and Teleport Any Sim (both on the site of Sims4Studio) Place the knight in the middle of the bed, facing the foot end. 

*****CREDITS*****

Some people helped me, directly or indirectly by being an inspiration of how making good animations. So thanks to FlowersSimsFactory (I use his rigs and  followed him for 3-4 years and also mia-animator (check her tutorials!)

**** TOU****** Do not re-upload, Do not claim as your own, Do not alter this. Give me credit Have fun in your stories

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wtiavl2st2b23ku/RISE_%2526_SHINE_1-Yawning.rar/file

[franniewee]

Rise & Shine is a series of CC animations I’m working on for a long time. I’m not easily satisfied with results while testing in game, I kept seeing flaws, funny angles, movement not flowing enough, clipping in, anatomic impossibilities. Ok, now the first one ‘Yawing’ is ready for upload. 

[remussims]

Links under the cut 

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