Had some fun playing around in Paralives by recreating Rockwell Acres with Felicity Usher and Ossie Madison. Definitely NOT used to the camera controls and not exactly sure what's going on with the indoor lighting, but I'm optimistic about the game
I wanted a vegetarian-friendly replacement for these but didn't find anything that ticked all my boxes (clean template, reasonable polycounts, yada yada) so I gave it a go myself!
I snatched the avocado slice and textures from here, the bread got retextured as well but uses original meshes. I also made the spread bottle thingy a new texture.
The related text strings got replaced too, they now refer to these simply as lunch sandwiches.
Download default (SFS) (alternate) - the file is compressed. 512x256 texture.
The polycount is 540 for the single sandwich and 3240 for the group meal plate, so higher than the original (368 and 984). The other meshes are close to their original polycounts. Everything is properly morphed.
Edit: Now there's also a custom version!
Download custom (SFS) (alternate) - the file is compressed. Available for lunch and doesn't require any skill points. The name for the custom version is lunch avocado sandwich.
As always with custom food, please consider before adding. Deleting it from your game might cause issues.
Update (20.3.2023): Added French, Russian, and Finnish translations to both default and custom versions.
Credits to Icemunmun for the avocado slice and textures and @jacky93sims for the conversion! The spread bottle has a tiny image from Freepik.
Patterned Recolors of HugeLunatic's Contempo Curtains
The moment I shared the previous recolors I made of these curtains by @hugelunatic, I decided that I could use a few sheer options more too. I ended up with 10, these have some transparency so you can vaguely see through them. Great for covering bathroom windows.
Download (SFS) (alternate) - files are compressed and the mesh is included. 256x512 textures, the patterns are freebies from various graphic resource sites.
I know this is very subjective and there are tons of options out there, but I thought I would share my favorite default replacements! Big thank you to all of the creators! <3
Sorry in advance, this list is long! Some were already on previous lists but I wanted this one to be comprehensive, so these are literally all of my DRs (except hairs). Some are fixes and others are just enhancements!
Default replacements don't necessarily need to go in the Overrides folder. It's only strictly necessary if you're replacing something that's inside the Packages folder (like store content, CC, etc)
Lighting / Environment
Lighting
Dream Dimension 2.5 with Aurora Skies Water - I find this water type looks good in most worlds, but if there's a water version available for the specific world I'm playing I switch to that one! Such pretty sunsets and sunrises
Clouds
Dishonored to TS3 Clouds Replacement - These are new and are my favorite clouds I've tried in S3! They almost look watercolor-ish which I love
Stars
Twinkling Stars Night Sky Replacement
Snow
Snow but better! For less memory usage, there's a version posted by mat1122 on the NRaas Forum with reduced texture sizes, or a fix for EA snow by the same creator (only use one of these!)
Shaders
Shader Tweaks
Eye Shader Tweaks - Removes the weird EA catchlights
* These aren't really typical DRs but do replace EA shaders. They need to be installed through the Bin
Sims
Normal Map Replacement
YOU ARE HYPERREAL - Sooo nice and really makes bodies look more detailed (it's more on the realistic side)! Really could not play without at this point
Default Skin
Apple Cider Vinegar v2 - This has been my default skin for such a long time. It's pretty maxis match and not too shiny
Default Eyes
Ephemera MS93 Edit (No Spotlight Version) - I switch these out a lot, but I think these are my longest running eye default
Eye Mesh
re:Cerberus Default Replacement Eye Mesh and Sliders - I recently started using this and love it! It makes the irises a bit smaller by default and gives you sliders to adjust them
Teeth
Pearly Whites No Sclera - When I removed this one on accident recently the EA teeth were like a jump scare...
Facial Hair
Default Replacement Beards: Base Game & Expansions
Feet
Sexy Feet - The name is weird but I promise they're better than the blocky EA feet!
UI Poses and Expressions
New UI Poses (Retouched Flavor)
TSM to TS3: Converted Facial Expressions
EA Fixes
EA Eyeshadow Texture Fix
Muscle Slider Fix for Teens and Elders
Fixes for missing pregnant morphs
Clothing
Outfits from Late Night, University Life, and Master Suite with maternity enabled
Improved Maid Uniforms
Kissing Booth Attendant Outfits Default Replacement
Generations Shirt & Sweater Top - Channel Fix
Unhidden Male Open Collar Shirt
You've Got a Package! - Adds a bulge to EA underwear for male sims
Various Store / EP Underwear - I use various ones from this creator, some are DRs and others are just edited meshes
Animations
Walk Cycle Edits - Fixes the weird smiley expression male sims always make when they walk due to an EA oversight
Receive Text Edit
Nicer Vendors + Ask Animation Edits (requires Mono Patcher)
S-Club Eyelash Fixes
S-Club TS3 Eyelash Hotfix (Balanced) - Reduces the polycount of S-Club lashes
S-Club Eyelash Design 2 CASP Fix - Makes it so the lashes don't clip over hairstyles
* These two are compatible by the way! Put both in Overrides if you have the S-Club lashes in Packages
Vampires
TS3 Vampire Neck Mark Default Replacement
In-Game Objects
Base Game
Default Base Game Bicycles
Default Taxis
No Flower Stencil Odor Free Toilet
Castable Toy Pegbox
White Formula Default Replacement Bottle
Invisible Parking Space - This one makes such a difference!
Sim Painted Painting Frames Made Castable! - Didn't know this existed until recently, this has been bugging me for a while!
Default Easel Paintings - I re-uploaded this with a small preview in this post
Horizontal Clapboard Fixed
BG Altitude Quantizer Stairs Fix
Base Game Half Walls FIXED!!!!
Realistic Fish Mod V2
Fixes for Three EA Wall Sets from the Base Game and Ambitions
Tileable Items Shader FIX
Shiftable Skill Certificates
Shiftable Curtains [Base Game - Island Paradise]
Expansions
Gravestone Plaque Edit V2 (requires Mono Patcher)
Generations: Fixes For "Natural" Family Portrait & Dream of the Windrunner Paintings
Default White Pillows for Fighting
Fix: Asian Window emits light
Champs les Sims Distant Terrain Tree Fix
LN Celeb Fridge Texture Fix
Elevator Shaft Placement FIX
Pets Movie Poster Fix
Fixed horse tails (no more shiny horses!)
Default Replacement Ice Cream Trucks
Default Seasons Beach Towels and Umbrellas - works with Buyable Beach Towels too!
Plumbline Pro Phone Default Replacement (Silver)
University Life Alpha Omega Door Fix
IP Hanging Lantern Fix
ITF Perigee Planter Fix
Store
Sharper Edge Window Fix - this one prevents crashes!
Store Fixes: Route Fail
Hang Ten Edit
UI
Dark Cloud Pink UI
S4 to S3 Likes Icon Overhaul
Pretty Pause Frame
Subtle Build Grid Active Level Only
The Sims Sans
University Life Visual Fixes
CAS Room Replacement TS2 to TS3
The Sims 4 UI Sounds for The Sims 3
Sims 2 Audio & Musical Cues Replacement
* The last two will show as a conflict in the Dashboard but I haven't had any issues! I think in some cases one may override the other but nbd!
(thanks @simspaghetti for the sounds and CAS room recs! tried them out from your resource page and have been obsessed since)
Plants Converted From The Sims Console and The Sims Bustin' Out for The Sims 2, Sims 3 and The Sims 4
Hello, hello! I was going through my WIP folder and found that these were pretty far along when they got set aside last year. My vision for these changed since then, so a LOT of work was done to bring this fully to life! There's a few paths you could go with plants and it was hard to decide, but I went with making them decorative. A possible future plan is to create an alternative version that utilizes their wilted/dead states, requiring them to need watering.
The textures and UV maps were completely overhauled to make the pots compatible with each other (pot textures are now 64x128 each), so they're no longer limited to just one pot recolor like they are in the console game. I have also included two Sims 1 PC inspired recolors by me of the Rubber Tree Plant and Queen Vivanco Roses. This means each plant has 12 pot recolors (11 for the African Violet and Echinopsis Maximus Cactus because the redwood pot from the Jade Plant looked ugly on them) In this case, I put together a cherrywood stand to go along with the Rubber Tree Plant, also inspired by its Sims PC counterpart.
This a rerelease of the Queen Vivanco Roses that was included in my 20th anniversary post, because of how the textures and UVs were altered here. The old version of the roses isn't compatible with these recolors and I recommend deleting it. The Rubber Tree Plant from the console version looks just like the Potted Rubber Houseplant in the GBA version of Bustin' Out and Urbz, so I'm considering that checked off with this conversion as well.
The Sims 2: Very Important Note!!
All pot textures are merged and renamed within their respective files. All files are depending on each other for the rest of their recolors. If standalone packages are requested, then I could work on one, but for now all plant packages rely on each other to save resources. I don't know how (or know if it's possible) to repo textures for The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, so this doesn't apply here. Let me know if you have any issues! Object info is below the cut.
The Sims console and The Sims Bustin’ Out collection file for The Sims 2 can be found on my collection files page: Found Here
Downloads:
For The Sims 2 - SFS
For The Sims 3 - SFS
For The Sims 4 - SFS
Alt Download - Patreon
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Flower Gift Information:
Extracted by mix. Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the last swatch.
Has 12 recolors.
Price - §15
Category - Decorative > Plants
Polycount - 202
Texture Sizes:
The Sims 2 - 128x128
The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 - 256x128
African Violet Information:
Extracted by mix. Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the last swatch.
Has 11 recolors.
Price - §30
Category - Decorative > Plants
Polycount - 146
Texture Size - 256x128
Spider Plant Information:
Extracted by mix. Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the last swatch.
Has 12 recolors.
Price - §35
Category - Decorative > Plants
Polycount - 258
Texture Size - 256x128
"Roxana" Geranium Information:
Extracted by mix. Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the last swatch.
Has 12 recolors.
Price - §45
Category - Decorative > Plants
Polycount - 248
Texture Sizes:
The Sims 2 - 128x128
The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 - 256x128
Queen Vivanco Roses Information:
Extracted by mix. Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the last swatch.
Has 12 recolors.
Price - §99
Category - Decorative > Plants
Polycount - 202
Texture Size - 256x128
Rubber Tree Plant Information:
Extracted by mix. Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
This is also from The Sims Bustin' Out GBA and The Urbz: Sims in the City GBA/DS!
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the last swatch.
Has 12 recolors.
Price - §120
Category - Decorative > Plants
Polycount - 162
Texture Sizes:
The Sims 2 - 256x64
The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 - 256x128
Echinopsis Maximus Cactus Information:
Extracted by mix. Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the last swatch.
Has 11 recolors.
Price - §150
Category - Decorative > Plants
Polycount - 154
Texture Sizes:
The Sims 2 - 32x64
The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 - 128x128
Jade Plant Information:
Extracted by mix. Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the last swatch.
Has 12 recolors.
Price - §160
Category - Decorative > Plants
Polycount - 209
Texture Sizes:
The Sims 2 - 128x256
The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 - 256x256
Rosie's Palm Information:
Extracted by mix. Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
This is exclusively from The Sims Bustin' Out!
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style enabled for the last swatch.
Has 12 recolors.
Price - §165
Category - Decorative > Plants
Polycount - 114
Texture Sizes:
The Sims 2 - 128x128
The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 - 256x128
Cherrywood Stand Information: Complimentary to the Rubber Tree Plant
Mesh and textures were edited and converted by me.
The Sims 3: Create-A-Style fully enabled.
Price - §10
Category - Surfaces > Miscellaneous/Displays
Polycount - 187
Texture Size - 128x128
ULTIMATE Ethnic/Afro-Textured CC Hair Haul for Female Sims (110+ NEW Hairs w/Links) 🎀 | The Sims 3
Hey guys! Happy Black History Month. In honor of Black History Month, I made an updated, huge ethnic/afro-textured hair haul for the Sims 3. All of the hairs from the video are organized by number. So, please let me know if any links are missing, broken, or incorrect. Happy Simming! 🤎
(credits to all of the lovely custom content creators' content that was showcased in the video)! @nakiri88 @commonblacksimmer @lalasimmer @elitisim @rollo-rolls @half-mccn
To kick off the year fabulously, my first collection is a glimpse of everything that’s yet to come in 2026: sparkle, whimsy and unmistakable style. 🌟
The Glimpse Collection features a range of tennis style jewelry, designed to ensure your Sim captivates everyone in the blink of an eye.
THE BATHROOM OF TOMORROW - A Pre-Atomic War Bathroom Set 🧻🚽
𝚆𝙴𝙻𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙴 𝙷𝙾𝙼𝙴 𝚅𝙰𝚄𝙻𝚃 𝙳𝚆𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙴𝚁𝚂!
We're back at the House of Tomorrow! It's been a while, I know.
BUT! I got something for you today that I've been working on for a couple months now, and I'm very pleased to introduce you to THE BATHROOM. (Exciting, I know 😅)
The Bathroom was the top voted room of the house for us to work on next, and I'm hoping it lives up to as much hype as a bathroom set could possibly generate.
For real, I'm really happy with how this set came out, there's nearly 30 brand new items, hand made by me from scratch, inspired by the original bathroom in the game and I hope you find some good uses for it. You can get real clinical or real colorful with it, and I'm excited to see what you do!
I posted this on Reddit yesterday, and it seemed like everyone loved it! So I wanted to put together a tutorial for anyone who wants to try it out!
I saw a reddit post last year that never left my mind. Someone had made the mouse lights sync with their Sims mood! I knew right away that I needed to do that, and after some digging, I found the same mouse (I think) from that post!
But no seemed to know how or even if it would sync with a specific part of the screen. I even messaged the original redditor, but they haven't been active for some time now. So I wasn't sure if it would actually work or not.
But, one year later, I finally gave in and bought the mouse nonetheless! Whether it worked or not, I needed a new mouse, and I couldn’t pass up this opportunity.
After some trial and error... it syncs! It's not perfect (it turns slightly blue when the bar drops low, but not low enough to trigger yellow), but still, I'm so happy with it!
See how you can do it under the cut!
So, how can you make your mouse sync with your Sim mood?
I only know how this works with Logitech mouse, but I believe there might be other options out there! The key is having a mouse that supports LightSync and comes with a companion app.
This tutorial is specifically for Logitech devices, but if you're using a different brand, you might be able to adapt the steps to work with your setup!
I also have no idea if this can work on mac or linux.
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What You Need
º Lightsync Logitech mouse - I'm using Logitech G203, since it was cheaper and has great reviews!
º Logitech G HUB app
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Open the Logitech app — it should automatically detect your mouse. But before you click on the device, make sure to click the "sun-like" icon.
You will have to disable Dynamic Lighting for Windows.
It will prompt you to access Windows settings, so click on the blue link in that message.
Once you're in Windows settings, just turn off "Use Dynamic Lighting on my devices."
Go back to the Logitech app and click on your mouse. On the left side of the app, click the sun-like icon again.
In the top right corner, click on "Desktop Default," then select "Manage Profiles."
In that new page, below "Games & Applications," click on "Add Game or Application."
This will open File Explorer, and you’ll need to locate your TS3W.exe file. The exact folder depends on where you play the game (Steam, EA, 🏴☠️), so the path may vary. You can search online for the correct Bin folder based on your version.
If you have a shortcut to the game anywhere, just right-click it and select "Open File Location". This will take you directly to the folder. Then, simply copy the path and paste it into the File Explorer pop-up of the Logitech app, and select TS3W.exe.
I already have TS3W configured, so for demonstration purposes, I’m going to use TS3.exe instead.
Click on the profile to select it. The cursor will probably be very slow, so you'll need to adjust the DPI, either directly on your mouse or through the app.
Go back by clicking the upper left corner. Always make sure you’re on the correct profile (TS3W). The app can be a bit stubborn and will automatically switch to Desktop if you open anything outside the app.
So, always double-check the profile name in the upper left corner.
With the TS3W profile open, go to Presets > Effects and open the dropdown menu. From there, select “Screen Sampler” and click on it.
Before reconfiguring anything, let’s open the game!
With the game running on a save file, press the Windows key to bring up the taskbar and open the Logitech app. It will probably have switched back to the Desktop profile, so be sure to change it back to TS3W.
Then, click on “Edit” below the Screen Sampler effect.
Now, a blue rectangle will appear in the app. This rectangle lets you select the part of the screen you want the mouse lighting to sync with. You can resize it and move it over to the mood bar of your Sim.
This part can be a bit tricky. You’ll need to go back and forth between the game and the app until you find the perfect position where the mouse lighting syncs perfectly with the color.
I recommend turning testingcheats on so you can lower your Sim’s moodlets and check if all the colors display correctly on the mouse.
Every time you switch between the game and the Logitech app, it will ask if you want to keep using the TS3W profile—always click Yes so you don’t have to change it manually each time.
The position below works best for me right now. There’s a point where the mouse turns blue because the color isn’t quite green or yellow yet, but it only happens with that very specific mood, so it doesn’t bother me much.
Mess around with that little blue square until you find the perfect position. Unfortunately, it can’t get any smaller, which would really help. But if you use Tiny UI Fix for The Sims 3, the target area will be much bigger, and I believe it will work even better!
You shouldn’t place the blue square too high on the mood bar because once the green bar drops, the mouse will start picking up gray. It should be positioned so that, when the mood bar turns yellow, the green is low enough to avoid being detected.
The taskbar might be in the way, but don’t worry, the mouse won’t pick up that color.
I've noticed that, with the default blue UI, it's much more difficult to make this work. The mood bar isn't straight, it gets thinner at the bottom, so I've noticed that it starts picking blue in a lot of points, specially when the mood bar is green. Since it picks the color from the whole square, it might be blending those colors and it doesn't stay green for long if the green area is small. I made it work once tho, so it isn't impossible!
So, now let's see it in action!
It’s not perfect, but it’s such a cool effect that I don’t mind the quirks. Hope this helps if you’re trying it out too!
Sooo here it is - my first publicly shared skinblend! I thought it will take more time to finish, but here we go. The process was tedious, as I edited seperately every age and gender as well as color. Yes, that *should* mean no more ugly, blocky textures on dark skinned sims! Their skin is a compeltely different face and body, not just the light version made darker. I'm happy with the result overall, but as always, it's not perfect. You should not worry about seams where the head, scalp and body meets. However, there can be some imperfections in bodies theirself. Hopefully nothing that could make your eyes bleed, but yeah, be aware. You can see the age stages of black female, white female, black male and white male. Of course there are other colors in between and they look good as well, I just wanted to show you the brightest and the darkest ones. You can also see how newborns look like:
This skin comes in few default versions and two non default versions. Here are the options:
default skin with 2k faces and 4k bodies
default skin with 2k faces and 2k bodies (this is the one that I use)
default skin with 1k faces and 2k bodies
default skin with 1k faces and 1k bodies
non default skin with 2k faces and 4k bodies
non default skin with 2k faces and 2k bodies
Here is how the non default skin looks like in the skintone panel:
DEFAULT 2K Faces 4K Bodies: SFS | PATREON
DEFUALT 2k Faces 2k Bodies: SFS | PATREON
DEFUALT 1k Faces 2k Bodies: SFS | PATREON
DEFAULT 1k Faces 1k Bodies: SFS | PATREON
NONDEFUALT 2k Faces 4k Bodies: SFS | PATREON
NONDEFUALT 2k Faces 2k Bodies: SFS | PATREON
@imamiii @kurasoberina @chinsims @annoyinglydarkblaze @servospawn for their wonderful skins; @i-like-teh-sims @kurasoberina @neiuro for their tones ramps that I used on the non default versions
Go crazy with this one. Use it as a base, share your skinblend with us or don't and keep it to yorself! Use parts of this skin, whatever. I just ask you not to reupload these files and please, don't claim these very skinblend as your own, as I really spent some time on it and probably worsened my eyesight too xD
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