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Sophie, TS2 enthusiast

[herbalwhite]

[TS2] TESTERS WANTED!

Hey there! I have some unreleased/personal The Sims 2 stuff that I would like to share with everyone. That stuff is reshade presets, a few objects, fly to dust replacement and some cosmetics like nosemasks etc.  In short, I need a few of you to test reshade presets and a few objects. Since idk how long it’s going to take me to release them all, consider this a chance to have ‘early access’ to some of my stuff. DM me if you’re ready to test those babes :D

You can apply to test both the reshade stuff (obv you need reshade installed) and the objects, but don’t worry if you don’t have reshade - you can apply to test objects only.

Cheers!

[herbalwhite]

Hi Sophie! Would you accept to share the holograms in this post, please? (624000247431036928) Thanks, have a nice day

Hey! Yep, as soon as I sort out the technical stuff with them and have a couple of people test them in their own games, I'll release them :D

[herbalwhite]

Hi!! Thank you so much for your helpful tutorial about how to install reshape. I just have a question. In your tutorial you said you had the ultimate collection making fun with pets sp9 but in my files mansion garden is my sp9 should I still put my files in pets? Or mansion garden? Thanks sm!!

Hey there! I never made a tutorial on reshade, just reblogged it probably, but nevertheless - I also have mansion & garden stuff as my sp9 and have my reshade folder there! :)

[herbalwhite]

Hi! I'm so impressed by your work. They are so amazing😍 I was wondering which reshade preset do you use to make your sim looks so realistic with such beautiful and strong lighting in replicant eyes post. The previews totally blow me away.

Thank you so much sweet anon! It's one of my own presets, I actually plan to release them somewhere over this summer as soon as I get my sims to work again. If I remember right it's a mix of a few bloom shaders, good DOF settings, a bit of chromatic aberration, probably levels/curves shaders, probs fog as well. It's also strategically placed lighting, if I remember correctly it's mostly spotlights placed on OMSPs, sometimes I would place 2 or 3 lights in one place so they would create that strong rim light.

[herbalwhite]

Hey i love your tumblr, you are so briliant, would you be able to provide your fire reshade? ❤❤❤

I actually might! I want to release all my own cc and reshade presets over the course of this summer, but I'm gonna have to check which one I actually used for that gif. Stay tuned tho!

[herbalwhite]

Who are your favorite sims 2 cc creators? :P

Gosh, it's been such a long time since I've even opened sims and I don't really remember all that much, but from the top of my head - Adele, Yuxi, Maron, Nabila, Serabiet, Oritasho. There are many many more but dang I cannot seem to remember right now. I think I may have answered a question like that a few years ago, if you're willing to comb through my tumblr!

[herbalwhite]

I'm loving your sims!! 🖤 May I ask what skin do you use for them?

Hey, I use different skins, really depends on what I think looks good in the moment. I don't have sims installed right now, so I can't tell you exactly, but I'm planning on releasing the skin that was featured in my 'skin' gif. It will be some time before I do, but probably before the end of this summer :) Thanks!

[herbalwhite]

Hello! Do you have or plan to make a Resources page? I have so many WCIFs about stuff you're using, that if would be impossible to answer them all (and I don't want to be such a bother). Like your favorite and most used skins, essential mods and so on. Yeah, I know this is a lot of work to make such a list, but could you at least consider, please, making it? (of course only if you have time and wish to). Thank you for being such an inspiration for many simmers, who still love and play Sims 2!

Hey, thank you for that question and lovely complimets! I'm not gonna beat around the bush here - I don't plan on ever making such a list/page. This simblr was extremely fun for quite a while and I really appreciate everyone who took interest in my work, but unfortunately I cannot spend so much time on sims anymore. If it's any consolation I actually plan on releasing all of my own stuff over the course of this summer. This includes the neons/holograms, some skins and makeup (blushes, blemishes, nosemasks), the rest of the cyberware project and some unfinished objects. Thank you again sweet anon!

[herbalwhite]

Hi, its Kuro again, I've solved my problem. And with @pictureamoebae I discovered that the position of MXAO filters really matters, They have to be at the top, so they can merge and work well with the other shaders! Thanks you guys for bringing so much inspiration and help for this community!

Ahhh, totally forgot that the order in which the shaders are put in matters, glad you discovered that! Glad I could help :) reshade is super fun when you start to experiment with it so I highly recommend it if you have time and energy to play with it. Btw remember that you can duplicate shaders in your shader folder (just copy and paste files) and experiment with using the same shader twice with different options. I use it only on less complicated shaders tho, like bloom, fog, color correction. I suspect that duplicating mxao or ssr could either fry your machine or just look bad.

cheers!

[herbalwhite]

Hellooooo Herbal cutieeee, Im Kuro, and Im using your preset with dof and stuff, everything works just fine yeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyy exept for the SSR and MXAO.fx (QUINT MXAO works just fine, but not the other one) they are all blocky and glitchy, showing just shapes instead of actuall shading. Do you have any tips or tricks to help me? anything that would help :)

Try playing with MXAO.fx on its' own (turn off al the other effects to have a clear idea of what's going on) or turn it off completely. From what I remember Quint's MXAO is the only one I use, so I might have included the other one in the preset by mistake. When it comes to SSR - it depends on your camera angle and how strong it is. One of my presets has a really high value of intensity of SSR and it should be used only in certain situations, ex. very close to the ground. Remember that SSR is going to affect almost all of the existing planes in the game, and while it looks great on surfaces like floors or walls and certain objects, sims will look absolutely horrendous (covered in triangles, because that is how they are modeled). There is an absolutely wonderful tutorial by @pictureamoebae on how to properly use SSR and I bet it has an answer to your problems! :)

[herbalwhite]

How do I apply your reshades to the sims 3? I’m new to reshade in general.

From what I've seen, you install them just like any other reshade preset :)

[herbalwhite]

Hello! I just downloaded your presets and they're incredible, perfect DOF and SSR settings, I will touch some things here and there but you gave me an amazing start, thank you very much!

Hey, glad to see people still downloading it after such a long time. Your message put a big smile on my face, thanks for reaching out!

[herbalwhite]

[TS2] REPLICANT  EYES  & KIROSHI OPTICS SCLERA

Download below!

A few eyes that were intented for personal use, but criminalmiik asked for them, so here we are. I also included the Kiroshi sclera, found in makeup category as a blush. There are a few versions of the eyes, one version is ‘clean’ (not as shadowy as the originals), there are original ones, some are lighter, with/without reflections etc.

Sclera (by @uranium-z​, thank you x1000!) is animation friendly:

Enjoy it my dear dudes!

DOWNLOAD ALL | EYES | SCLERA

CREDITS TO THE WONDERFUL CREATORS

Replicant eyes: sclera is based on @uranium-z‘s edit of Pooklet’s old sclera (although it’s barely there, so they aren’t that animation-friendly). Pupils’ are based on @tony-veis‘s 4t2 vampire eyes, converted to actual eyes (instead of contacts) by @mdpthatsme​. The ‘haze’ recolor is based on Eir-Sims’s August Eyes 24.

Kiroshi sclera: animation friendly sclera is by @uranium-z, based on Pooklet’s sclera. Credits for the kiroshi logo design go to CDPR’s talented artists.

[herbalwhite]

hii sophie, love ur work!! i was just wondering if the little things your sims do like blinking, moving their heads, etc, are animations in game or are they done in blender?

All in sims! I mostly use decorgal talk hacks made into overlays and sometimes jaydee's expansion boxes also recoded by @theonlyexceptioncollab ! I just know my way around most of the anims included and mix them together. I mostly use the animations from decorgal's talk hacks - mostly the ones under listen, reaction, agree and disagree.

[neriney-deactivated20230203]

I come with a present for you! @herbalwhite allowed me to convert their pipes+cables for Sims 4 and here we are~! Thanks again for the permission and sending me the files! \o/

BGC

<9k polys

found under 'sculptures'

or just by searching "neriney"

download on patreon [free!]

[herbalwhite]

Yo I can’t believe my cc is in Sims 4 as well! Thank you @neriney​ for converting them <3 

[herbalwhite]

[TS2] PIPES + CABLES 8 new meshes

Today I bring you 8 new deco objects that I made myself (can I get a woo yeah). I really felt a lack of pipes and hanging cables in my environments, so there we are. You can find them under decorative/sculptures.

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You are free (and encouraged!) to recolor and convert them to TS3/TS4 - my only condition is to credit me! And please tag me if you do :) Also - no paysites/paywalls. My CC is meant to be enjoyed by everyone and for free.

*Btw, textures are not compressed (they were meant for personal use), so be careful about using too much of those on older machines. If anyone is up to optimize them or something, go ahead!

[herbalwhite]

Hello! I’m looking for some android like eyes, wcif the eyes you use or are they just for you? Thank you lovely!

I'm actually gonna be releasing them pretty soon, so keep your eyes peeled!