Welcome to Golden Ennina's Sims 3!

[goldenennina]

The Washburn Edition

Hello my friends!

Welcome to my Tumblr!

I am Golden Ennina, creator and curator of The Sims 3 Remastered: The Washburn Edition Mods List. I am an avid Sims 3 player who was sick and tired of my love/hate relationship with this game. As amazing, fun and engrossing as this game is, it is also a glitchy laggy mess that infuriated me to no end!

This mixture of love and frustration set me out on a mission to mod the hell out of my game, and create the Washburn Edition. This mods list fixes, updates and improves nearly every aspect of the game! I finished and published Version 4 of my mods list a year ago, and am currently working on Version 5, which takes the game to a whole new level!

The Washburn Edition also makes the game playable on lower end PC's!

Here are my laptops specs:

Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz 2.42 GHz

Installed RAM: 8.00 GB (7.70 GB usable)

System Type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Graphics Card: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics

I created a YouTube channel last month to chronical my progress on V5, and to share with you some of the things I have learned about the game. With time, I'll also be making build videos, and Let's Play: Washburn Edition videos!

Come and join me!

Golden Ennina's Sims 3 - YouTube

TS3 Washburn Version 4 Mods Master List.xlsx - Google Sheets

[goldenennina]

1 min load time!!!

Yes!! You read that right!! I recently added @sonja92yu Sims 3 Performance Patch, and now Version 5 of the Washburn Edition loads a save in 1min to 1min 40secs!! Oh, and did I mention that Isla Paradiso is WORKING? Because yes it is!!

Version 5 is everything I hoped for, and far more than I dared ask of my little laptop. When I set out to create Version 5 of my mods list, I did it with lower end computers in mind. I could not have DREAMED that I would get this much out of it!!

Tonight I played for almost three hours. No crashes. No error 12. No error 16. NO OVERHEATING!!! I am going to be making a video as soon as I can where I will record my TV screen with my phone so you can see just how amazingly the game performs!!

Links:

Performance patch: https://www.nexusmods.com/thesims3/mods/235

My YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GoldenEnninasSims3

My Patreon: patreon.com/u94174447

[carversims]

does anyone know how to get in contact with nysha/anyone else as SFS? still trying to sort out the locked-out old account business. unfortunately nysha and sfs's socials that I can find all seem to have been inactive for some time.

I did email SFS directly but they uh, take some time responding, understandably. I've been trying to get back into this account for over a year now, so if anyone has any contacts or can point me in the right direction, please do!

[pudding-parade]

Here's another "sharing weirdness that I made for my own playing in case someone else might want it" thing.

I tend to play a lot of scenarios where, in my head, the setting is not Earth. So, I tend to use/make default moon replacements that don't look like Earth's moon. This is one of them. In a couple of scenarios I'm playing, I'm imagining that the setting is a habitable moon of another planet, and in this case I wanted a colorful gas giant planet. I couldn't find any usable images of such a thing online, so I decided to make one myself. So I and a gazillion Photoshop filters and layer blends did just that. :) So, if you want this freaky "moon," you can download it here.

Here's a few more pics of various phases with various cloudiness:

Please note that the "moon" is huge in the pictures because I've set it to be huge -- a radius of 600 -- in the lighting mod I use. If you don't use a lighting mod or if you do use one but haven't made your moon bigger in it, your "gas giant" planet will be the itty-bitty normal size of the moon in the game. If you are using a lighting mod and want a bigger moon but don't know how to make it so, feel free to ask. Doing so requires s3pe, but it's really easy to do.

(Also, for those who don't get it...The "title" pic is a reference to the 1930s-era song "It's Only a Paper Moon." Get some Ella Fitzgerald in your life, y'all.)

@katsujiiccfinds

[goldenennina]

2min 50sec load time!!!

Guess who figured out how to use CC Magic to combine her mods? This girl right here!!

On July 7th I combined my mods and the game works better and loads faster than ever!! I ended up being up until 3am, and very tired the next day, but it was so worth it!! Below are examples of my load times throughout the process of building V5 for context!

Load times:

No mods = Game would not launch

Version 4 of the Washburn Edition = 8-12min load time

Version 5 of the Washburn Edition with CC Magic = 2mins 50secs!!!!

I am stunned! I can't even imagine how well it is going to run when I have an actual gaming PC!!!

I decided to stick to 2K graphics on my laptop, since it is not built for gaming. 4k works, but performance takes a hit and it eats up more ram loading all those gorgeous textures. Once I have a gaming PC, I will figure out how to use DVXK so I can play in full 4k! And of course I will make videos to explain everything!!

Thank you as always for following along!!

[sims3fiend]

S3SS 1.6.0 - I forgot

The patch previously known as 1.5.1

Apologies for this taking forever and me disappearing off the face of the Earth, sorry if you've tried to DM me w/ issues, etc etc blablabla. I would like to say I'll be more active now but who knows, life is kind of sucky atm

New patches:

Mirror Reflection Settings - Tunes how far away mirror reflections stay visible. Push reflections out further (or rein them in if you've got a wall full of mirrors and want your frames back, mirrors are each their own little camera). Patch idea from Boring Bones

Animation Blend Tuning - Clamps animation blend (transition) durations to a min/max, so transitions that snap can be smoothed out and slow blends can be made snappier. Also includes a forceBlendOut option that lets through blend-out times the engine would otherwise discard. Big thanks to @thepancake1 for the patch!

Split-Level Lighting Fix - Makes lighting not stop at a single level - lot-bound lights now pass the engine's 'world light' filter in outdoor rooms and terrain lightmaps. May cause a bit of light bleed near walls/floors. All credits to Arro-Now!

Brady Bunch BEGONE - The engine fills unlit/dim rooms at night with a fake blue ambient (the "Brady Bunch Blue" apparently). This allows you to change them or to (ideally) zero the values so unlit rooms render without the gross blue glow. Patch idea from Arro ,thanks!

All four are experimental for now, they'll graduate one day...

Updates/Changes:

CPU Thread Optimization - Fixes Alder Lake+ CPU issues correctly now (hopefully).

Lighting Quality - Improved blur math precision to prevent color banding, plus an additional fix for rooms gradually darkening over repeated passes. Blur is now energy-preserving so it stops drifting the average brightness down.

Startup Warning Dialog Fix - New Hide Dialogue setting that prevents the dialog from being created at all, rather than making it visible.

As always, download can be found here readme can be found here

[mariacherry]

✨ A little discovery in The Sims Medieval (and The Sims 3!) ✨

Transferring items from your inventory to another sim:

1️⃣ Single item: just grab it and drag it right onto the sim's portrait on the left (in the sim list) — the item will go straight into their inventory.

2️⃣ The whole stack at once: grab the little number corner (the quantity counter) in the slot instead of the item itself, and drag it onto the portrait. All 15 (or however many) will transfer in one go.

3️⃣ Part of a stack (the real hidden magic): while holding that number corner, press and hold Shift — a tiny window will pop up where you can type the exact number. Want to give only 7 out of 15? Type 7 — and done! 🤯

This works in both The Sims Medieval and The Sims 3. Did you know about this? 😶

[goldenennina]

Finalizing and Fine Tuning!!

After two years of hard work, I believe I have finally finished Version 5 of my Washburn Edition Mods List!!!

Last night I tracked down what I believe are the last of the conflicting mods, and spent a few hours play testing the game. It takes my breath away!! It is running beautifully! I currently have my graphics running at 2k. The game runs at between 2.5gb to 3.8gb memory when playing. Thank you to @sims3fiend Sims 3 Settings Setter for letting me see how much ram I am using! The game works at 4k, but the performance does take a small hit on my little laptop.

Today I am learning how to use CC Magic to combine my mods to increase the performance even further. I am hoping to get 4k up and running by doing this, but we will have to see. From there, I will start work on the finalized spreadsheet that will have all of the information you will need to bring your game to life on a whole new level!!

I don't have a release date yet, but hopefully it will be within the next few months! I will keep you all posted!!

My YouTube: https://youtube.com/@goldenenninassims3?si=0shi179GdapVIByC My Patreon: patreon.com/u94174447

[sim-novels]

Issues with infinite black screen in Sims 3? Here's your solution!

For whatever reason, people who are on the Steam version of Sims 3 (1.67) (edit: also people on EA app have reported this issue!) are experiencing issues with the game since the latest windows 11 update. It'll start up and get stuck on a black screen forever.

Luckily the solution is simple: your core mods are causing this issue. So far both Nraas Errortrap and Simler90's core mod have been known to be at the root of this. If you have these mods, take them out and try starting your game again. Problem fixed without these mods in your game? Then you're running the wrong version of these mods and for whatever reason since the newest windows update this will break your game.

Replace them with the correct versions here:

Download the Steam version of Simler90's mod here.

Download the Steam version of Errortrap here (click the steam icon).

Using these instead of whatever version you used first should fix your issue.

Disclaimer: there might be other (core) mods causing your issue. If you're still facing the problem even when taking Simler90 and Errortrap out, then you'll have to do some more searching to find your culprit. Check the comments in this post for additional mods that were found to cause issues + solutions. Also comment how you fixed your issue if it's different from what you read here.

UPDATE (16/03/2026): Instead of downloading the correct versions of your core mods, you can also just press ALT + TAB to find the windows message hiding behind your black screen. When you click 'continue', the game will launch as normal and your mods should work fine as before. Thank you @angieplayssims3 for pointing this out.

[ba3kei]

10 People I'd Like To Get To Know Better OwO

Thanks @rollo-rolls for tagging me, I feel so honored hehe.

Last Song: J Cole (new album) 🔥🔥

Favorite Color: Pink or Turquoise or Bright Green (sorry)

Currently Watching: Mostly K Drama shows or Anime (I did watch The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity <- you can watch)

Sweet, Savory, or Sour: savory/salty to some degree ~_~

Currently Reading: The Mouse and The Snake (～￣▽￣)～(warning its a smut book, i luv smut books) <- i would read at nite but i have another book that i can read in my hand its called "Girls Weekend" on my second book

Current Obsession: I don't really have an obsession, just going on Pinterest and men, i guess.

Last Google search: Hitomi Mochizuki Workout & Daisy Keech (trying to work out again with motivation from them)

Currently Working On: my life and trying to draw again, it's been a minute. I hope to draw my ocs in the future.

Tag your it ╰(*°▽°*)╯╰(艹皿艹 )

@kwimii999 @sofayya @lalasimmer @afuzzyduckie @ellixq @sunshinepixels @kevinvoncrastenburg @x22bby @tragicpixel @sourlemonsimblr

[afuzzyduckie]

10 People I'd Like To Get To Know Better

𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒶𝑔𝑔𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 @fakegu 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓁 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒿𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼'𝓂 𝓈𝑜 𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑜𝓇𝑒𝒹 ✎ (❁ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈) ༉‧ ♡*.✧

˗ˏˋ꒰🔊 𝐿𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒮𝑜𝓃𝑔: 𝒪𝒱𝐸𝑅𝒯𝐼𝑀𝐸 𝒷𝓎 𝒮𝒜𝐻𝒳𝐿

˗ˏˋ꒰🌻𝐹𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒞𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇: 𝒫𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝒴𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌

˗ˏˋ꒰▷ ↺ 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝒲𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔: 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒲𝒾𝓇𝑒

˗ˏˋ꒰ 🍒 𝒮𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓉, 𝒮𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝓎, 𝑜𝓇 𝒮𝑜𝓊𝓇: 𝐼'𝓂 𝒶 𝒷𝒾𝑔 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓀𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝑜 𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝓊𝓉… 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝑜𝑜𝓉𝒽

˗ˏˋ꒰✎ 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔: 𝐻𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒶 𝒽𝓊𝑔𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝒸𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝐸𝒶𝓇𝓁 𝒮𝓌𝒾𝒻𝓉 (𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝒶𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓇𝑜𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓉𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒶 𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓎)

˗ˏˋ꒰🌹𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒪𝒷𝓈𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃: 𝑀𝓎 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝓊𝒷𝒷𝓎, 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓇𝒶𝒻𝓉, 𝐵𝒶𝓁𝒹𝓊𝓇𝓈 𝒢𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝟥, 𝓂𝓎 𝓅𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓎 𝒷𝒶𝒷𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒮𝒶𝓂𝓌𝒾𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇

˗ˏˋ꒰✎•• 𝐿𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒢𝑜𝑜𝑔𝓁𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽: 𝒞𝑒𝓃𝑔𝒶𝑔𝑒 (𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑔𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒹, 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓎𝒶𝓁𝓁)

˗ˏˋ꒰ 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. . . 𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒪𝓃: 𝒲𝑒𝒷𝓈𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃, 𝒞# 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓂𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒮𝒬𝐿 𝓈𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓈, 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓂𝓈 𝟥 𝓂𝑜𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓀𝒾𝓃

𝓣𝓪𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓽! (❁ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈) ༉‧ ♡*.✧

@snugfin @kapii @marinaan @nakiri888 @sofayya @ellixq

@satellite-sims @melsts3cc @gloomymelody

[marinaan]

10 People I'd Like To Get To Know Better

tagged by @afuzzyduckie tysm ♡︎

last song: kochanie - jigzaw

favorite color: sage green and bordeaux red

currently watching: shameless (for the 4th time) the divergent movies and game of thrones (2nd time)

sweet, savory or sour: def savory and i like sour candies more, not the biggest sweets fan (hate cakes, donuts, ice cream etc)

currently reading: nothing. i never read

current obsession: working on my art studies, resident evil franchise, making accessories with blender

last google search: re9 release date germany 0 uhr? (lmao, yes i pre-ordered)

currently working on: making glasses in blender, self-care, cardio, my vogue cover for my art academy

iam tagging

@sofayya @nakirivika99 @kapii @demuresims @snugfin @ryenardo @florydaax @vmsims25 @moonlightxstar-blog @ellixq

xx

[snugfin]

ahhh i got tagged in this by @afuzzyduckie and @marinaan so thank you cuties ᡣ𐭩 •｡ꪆৎ ˚⋅

𑣲 last song: three steps ahead - jared benjamin

𑣲 favorite color: baby pink, baby blue and mint

𑣲 currently watching: the pitt (for the first time) or book videos on youtube

𑣲 sweet, savory or sour: sour for sure! i love anything sour (and bonus points if it's sweet too!)

𑣲 currently reading: wolfsong by tj klune

𑣲 current obsession: oh god i have so so many. writing my book, playing games (sims, tarkov), converting cc, learning languages (swedish at the moment!)

𑣲 last google search: probably something book writing related that made me type "please fbi im a writer" after it!

𑣲 currently working on: learning to love myself, take care of myself and be proud of myself for the things i've achieved!

iam tagging @kwimii999 @melsts3cc @cowplantcartel @sussimmin @florydaax @ryenardo @kapii @simphoraa @p-the-simmer @dangeloxox

[dangeloxox]

10 People I'd Like To Get To Know Better

tagged by @snugfin .ೃ࿔*:･ thank you sm!!

last song: bleeding love - leona lewis

favorite color: indigo and forest green

currently watching: apothecary skyrim lp on youtube 🌻

sweet, savory or sour: loveee savory but ocassionally have a sweet tooth and love sour sweets

currently reading: rereading the four agreements by don miguel ruiz

current obsession: skyrimmmm

last google search: banana pudding (i wanted to know what it looked like because i'd never heard of it 🤭)

currently working on: getting back to the gym after skipping it for weeks lol

tagging .ೃ࿔*:･ @lalasimmer @jacky93sims @critncozy @ohthesefaces @frostedshore @nectar-cellar @bridgeportbaddie @csorinaa @cualquiere @winkious

[csorinaa]

10 People I'd Like To Get To Know Better

tagged by @dangeloxox thank youu King! 👑

Last Song: Bershy - Radio

Favorite Color: Dark colors, royal blue, green and black

Currently Watching: Tale of the Nine Tailed (KDrama)

Sweet, Savory, or Sour: Salty snacks, Sour candy 🍬

Currently Reading: Haunting Adeline

Current Obsession: Tattooed, Dark Romance Biker reels and Baking bread

Last Google search: Time Converted and World Clock

Currently Working On: drawing again, mental health and PC upgrades

tagging @simulationjyi @sim-songs @sussimmin @sixamcc @grimothy-cc @nectar-cellar @oshinsimblr @acottonsock @daxter8888 @wanderingsimsfinds

[sussimmin]

10 people I'd like to get to know better 🤍

tagged by @snugfin and @csorinaa - thank you so much!!😙

last song: bad bunny - NUEVAYoL

favorite color: pastel yellow and green (any pastel really) and sunset colours (pink, orange, yellow 🤭)

currently watching: superstore, the boondocks and DC stuff

sweet, savory, or sour: savory all the way everyday! (sour candy tho)

currently reading: men who hate women by Laura Bates & the way i used to be by Amber Smith

current obsession: ⛷️⛷️⛷️ and sims always

last google search: "when does psyduck evolve" (my nephew wanted to know since he's adding psyduck to his team hehe)

currently working on: get back to the gym 💀

tagging: @simminginstars, @volxaa ,@nectar-cellar, @sideshowsnob, @kayliexsimz, @chumchasims, @sunsetluvsims, @catharsim, @vmsims25, @suteflower 💞

[chumchasims]

10 people I'd like to get to know better

tagged by lovely @sussimmin

last song: Pure shores - All Saints

favorite color: green forever 💚

currently watching: black mirror

sweet, savory, or sour: sweet. I have a serious sweet tooth. if it's chocolate, I want it

currently reading: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

current obsession: iced coffee every afternoon

last google search: ADATA SX6000LNP bc my M.2 just broke on me

currently working on: formatting Windows and reinstalling everything again because Windows 11 broke and I'm emotionally devastated

tagging: @kayliexsimz, @sunsetluvsims, @boringbones, @qertyv, @pixie--gutz

[boringbones]

Wowww that's a surprise! Thank you for tagging me @chumchasims!

last song: Ya Ya - Beyonce It's been playing a lot because of my new Small World. For some reason, Cowboy Carter fit the vibe of Vila Verona (for some reason I don't know).

favorite color: Dark blue (although I always wear light-colored clothes because of my dogs)

currently watching: High Potential

sweet, savory, or sour: Savorey, because whenever I eat something sweet I want to eat it again the next day.

currently reading: I wanted to say that I'm reading a book, but honestly I've been reading more articles to bring content to the channel xD

current obsession: Tea, tea, tea, all day long. I've been doing this for over 10 years and I feel amazing! (NRG and Herbal concentrate, glutamine, creatine, Liftoff, and CR7 from Herbalife. I use all of that to fuel my brain.)

last google search: Disney detective series woman (Because I wanted to find out the name of the series in English, since it didn't come up when searching in Portuguese xD)

currently working on: Several projects, but I'm prototyping a "state" world in The Sims 3. The idea here was to create a kind of territory, with several tinyworlds scattered within a giant world, in an optimized and well-spaced way. Each city would offer unique resources, making them dependent on each other, like SimCity 2013. But it's a long-term project; I usually spend the weekend prototyping and evaluating whether it's an idea worth dedicating time to. If I conclude that it's not, it's put on hold until I find the time/inspiration to continue (if I want to or if there's demand). But I'm also working on a mod to improve and increase the frequency with which I'm invited to parties in The Sims 3. Tagging: @l-1-z-a @sims3fiend @goldenennina @thedawning66

[goldenennina]

Thank you for tagging me @boringbones ! How fun!

Last song: I honestly don't remember since I've been listening to my audiobooks lately 😂 But lets say Lateralus by Tool or Lyfjaberg by Wardruna since those are the ones I remember listening to recently 😁

Favorite color: blue!! A vibrant, rich blue like the Mediterranean Ocean on a brilliant sunny day 😍

Currently Watching: Andor for the first time! And my husband and I are going to re-watch A Knight of the Seven/Nine Kingdoms since we just finished it!

Sweet, Savory or Sour: Definitely sweet! Fruit is my favorite food group!

Currently reading: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson!! I am a huge fan of the Cosmere! I have read The Stormlight Archive several times. I am on my second read through of Misborn. I finished era 1 about a month ago, and just finished Mistborn Secret History the day before yesterday 😍 There's always another secret 😎

Current obsession: Sims 3 of course 😂

Currently working on: Version 5 of my Sims 3 Unofficial Remaster, The Washburn Edition!! Right now I have been having fun doing some final testing and playing around with Sims 3 Settings Setter. It's running buttery smooth and coming along beautifully!!

I am tagging @someonefromukraine

@technicallyswagpizza

@plaidsimmer

[boringbones]

It's time to try out new building tools in The Sims 3! Add friezes and details to your buildings in a simple, fast, and efficient way, making them even more detailed! And the best part: This set is fully optimized to work perfectly with your builds!

DOWNLOAD NOW!!

[goldenennina]

Hello my friends!!!

My Unofficial Remaster of the Sims 3, Version 5 of my Washburn Edition Mods List, is nearly complete!! Thank you all for following along and supporting this project!!

Although I haven't been posting, I have been working on V5 every chance I get. I ended 2025 by placing the last of the mods into the game, which was a very emotional moment for me. Since then, I have been testing and pairing down my mods, searching for and fixing bugs and conflictions. In the words of Antoine De Saint-Exupery "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

V5 is running buttery smooth, loading faster than you would believe, and is more beautiful and more immersive than I ever could have dreamed of! Especially since I am not running this on a gaming pc, but on my little four-year-old Samsung Galaxy laptop. Which, without my mods, my computer would not even RUN the game!!

So, what's next? Well right now I am trying to track down a bug that is causing service NPC's not to wear their uniforms. It is the last bug I am aware of. From there, I will do some final testing to make sure everything runs as best as possible.

My next herculean task will be to format the Version 5 mods list spreadsheet, to keep track of and help you install the 600+ mods/1400+ files in this Unofficial Remaster. Also, keep in mind that you will not NEED all of those mods in your game, since many of them are optional. I will also be working on my lighting mod as a side project, since I already know I am going to get burnt out working on the spreadsheet LOL

I am hoping to get back to making videos in the next month or so, and finish and publish Version 5 for you all this spring, but that will heavily depend on a number of factors in my personal life.

Thank you all! Until next time <3

My YouTube: https://youtube.com/@goldenenninassims3?si=0shi179GdapVIByC

My Patreon: patreon.com/u94174447

[goldenennina]

Hello my friends!!

Work continues on V5 of my Washburn Edition Mods List! The last two weekends I have put a lot of time into my mods list. I am currently working on testing the last few dozen mods to find and fix any bugs or conflictions. I have fixed quite a few already.

I am also working on my own lighting mod! In these photos you can see some sneak previews!! There is still a LOT of work ahead of me, but I am LOVING the results so far!! I am hoping to release it at the same time as V5. We will see how long it takes!

I will update you all again as soon as I can!!

My YouTube: https://youtube.com/@goldenenninassims3?si=0shi179GdapVIByC

My Patreon: https://patreon.com/u94174447?utm_medium=unknown...

[goldenennina]

Hello my friends!!

It's time for another long overdue update on Version 5 of my Washburn Edition Mods List!!

After over a month of productive chaos in my life, I am finally working on this project again!! I wanted to share some recent screenshots I've taken in Riverview, which is a very important town for me!

Why is Riverview so important to me? Because before the Washburns, there were the McDermotts. I played with them and lived their stories for over a year of my life, through two generations of that family's ups and downs... but when I moved the third generation out to start on her story... the game became unplayable, crashing within minutes of loading every time I launched it.

At the time, I knew next to nothing about mods and didn't know how to back up my saves yet. It was thr devistating loss of that family that led me to create the Washburn Edition! To combine hundreds of mods to fix, update and improve every aspect of this game!

This was the first time I have seen Riverview since I began work on Version 5. I set Niki up in Athena and her son Hector's first home. When the game loaded in... I got chills! It hit me in a whole new way just what I have created in Version 5. It was so emotional to see this town again in a whole new light!

Enjoy!!

My YouTube: https://youtube.com/@goldenenninassims3?si=0shi179GdapVIByC

My Patreon: https://patreon.com/u94174447?utm_medium=unknown...

[boringbones]

First research prototypes | Boring Bones Tv

Get more from Boring Bones Tv on Patreon

We did some amazing tests in The Sims 3 to experiment with alternative walls, customizable roofs, and even windows at unusual angles! 🚀 This was a direct result of the survey we opened this week, and at the same time, it was a way to validate ideas we want to bring into our own game—flexible tools that will offer a kind of building freedom never seen before.

In the full post on Patreon, I share images, sketches, and the creative process behind these experiments (with some “mini spoilers” 👀) for our supporters!

🔗 Check it out and tell me: what would you build if you could create absolutely anything?

[boringbones]

Did u know that TheSims3 has on an algorithm that provides colors that are visually appealing to the eye? After selecting the palette of your choice, click on the color to receive improved variations. This has been here since 2009!! Check the video and share <3

[simsdastra]

What?!

[satellite-sims]

It’s been 14 years, and ts3 is still genius. Periodt.

[aurora-eternal]

Whoa

[llamaheart]

Whaaat 🤯🤯

[simolemons]

i just tried this and found out that you can also randomize the patterns by right-clicking the preset on the left!!! :000 how much do we not know about this game?????

[zekyrith]

Seriously!?! How have I not known about this? I would have thought a feature like this would’ve been advertised better. It’s crazy we’re still discovering things about TS3!

[dyeawkwardsims]

DUUUUUUDE!!!

[goldenennina]

SAY WHAT?!?!

[goldenennina]

Sims 3 remastered indeed!!! Over the weekend I decided to take a leap of faith and edited my GraphicsRules file to increase shadow quality to 4k and HOLY SMOKES it brought the game to life in a whole new way!!! After that I decided to go for broke and increased textures to 4k and sims to 2k, and I also added back in the 4k terrain mod instead of the 2k version I've been using.

The results speak for themselves!!! I had no idea The Sims 3 could be this breathtaking and immersive!! I played it for two hours on my little Samsung Galaxy laptop without a single crash! My computer was warm to the touch, but by no means overheating. I did notice about a 5-10% reduction in game performance, but I believe that will be fixed once I combine all my mods into just a few files.

Once I finish and publish my Sims 3 Unofficial Remaster Washburn Edition Mods List Version 5, I will make videos where I explain and walk you through how to make these changes in your own game.

What a journey this has been and continues to be!!

Link to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/u94174447?utm_medium=unknown...

Link to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GoldenEnninasSims3