just another day in paradise.

maddie | she/her

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moving, kind of?

created a new tumblr in order to keep this one strictly for... whatever it is, now. my sims cc graveyard, i guess lol. if you're interested in following me elsewhere for whatever reason (this new tumblr is primarily multi-fandom 3d art and fanfiction, be warned, you will find no cc releases here), you can find me here now for the foreseeable future!

→ lazyastronomer.tumblr.com

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Hey! Did you ever release those SSO manes/tails for the sims 4 horses? They look so cool!

No & I don't plan to, as I am done with Sims content in general. My friend SchrodCat on Patreon did do SSO conversions though, iirc, so I would recommend looking there.

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[G8.1 Male] Mass Effect: Drell

Literally everyone who followed me for Sims content can ignore this. I just needed a place to release this that was not my DeviantArt since I don't use that for 3D art. I'll end up posting more ports here as I complete them though! In particular next I want to create a G8.1 Female Drell.

Also, this is my first time prepping anything for release for DAZ Studio, so it's very likely I botched something. Hopefully I didn't, but if there are any issues with loading/install, just let me know! More info & download beneath the cut.

Anyways — ME:LE's Drell ported for the Genesis 8.1 Male figure in DAZ. Comes with;

Full IRAY materials including fullbody textures made by yours truly; all textures were rebaked with custom normals at 4K resolution to make sure they're extra crispy.

Custom fullbody morph for 8.1 Males

Two key anatomical pieces; fused fingers to achieve the signature Drell finger look, and a 'faceplate' piece, which essentially acts as a mask. This is what gives the character the proper Drell frills and fins, as a base resolution morph could not achieve them.

Release comes with all files + a prepped sub-scene of the figure.

Some things to bear in mind are A) mesh smoothing on the faceplate should be set to have a collision item of 'None'. It LOVES to reset back to having the Genesis 8.1 figure as the collision item when loaded in, but if it uses that, then the effect of the faceplate sinking into the neck is ruined. So please make sure this is set on the faceplate to avoid any issues! If you see a weird seam between the head and the torso on the model, 99% of the time it's because this needs to be reset.

B) the fused fingers are not perfect. They're decent, but rely heavily on, again, mesh smoothing in order to not distort wildly. YMMV with poses that have the middle and ring fingers posed differently. Also the seam between the hand and the fused fingers is mildly visible, but can be edited out in post-production pretty easily.

And finally C) Yeah, the eyes are a bit wonk. They suffered mildly in the wrapping process and though I tried to save them, ultimately I decided that they're fine as-is as Drell eyes in-universe are very dark and you hardly see them anyhow.

Credits are to Bioware for the original Drell assets; supplemental textures such as basically everything from the neck down are by myself. Feel free to port this model to Genesis 9 (or backport to earlier versions), edit it, make your own OCs from it, so on, go wild! I only ask that if you include my fullbody textures in any releases of your own that you credit me in it. That's all!

Download [Google Drive]

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Clarification about EA "ownership" | SchrodCat CC

Get more from SchrodCat CC on Patreon

All I'm gonna do is imma leave this post here, as my friend SchrodCat didn't miss a single time when writing this. They are entirely right, and frankly, just giving credit when creating CC with assets not entirely your own is the polite and proper thing to do. It's good modding etiquette. If you want to read into that statement? Shit, that sounds like a personal problem.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/106355146

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🥴 Keep deleting your comments on SC's post she-who-won't-be-named, I've got nothing but spite and vitriol for you and others who have made the community so toxic and unwelcoming at times. Shoo.

Also to be unambiguously clear I support @rembrandtdesigns. They have done everything that a certain someone should have done — Apologized, made immediate corrections, and have even advocated based on their new understanding. Literally not sure what else you could even ask of someone in our space who still has so much to contribute and offer. Also, making errors like that in the past does not justify then doing the same thing to them in kind. Pretty sure we should've left this behaviour in middle school, but I guess some people didn't get the memo.

As a final footnote, follow SchrodCat on Patreon for more TS4 CC. They are my dear friend and they've taken up the majority of my SSO conversions and projects; I have little to no desire to pursue them myself at this point in time. That's in part a lack of interest in TS4, but it's also born of other things. Things like this.

Damn I'm just too old for this kinda shit when I've been having to see it play out since the mid-2010s in this community. But if you gotta drag me out here to call it like I see it, you'd better not run and hide when I do.

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Clarification about EA "ownership" | SchrodCat CC

Get more from SchrodCat CC on Patreon

All I'm gonna do is imma leave this post here, as my friend SchrodCat didn't miss a single time when writing this. They are entirely right, and frankly, just giving credit when creating CC with assets not entirely your own is the polite and proper thing to do. It's good modding etiquette. If you want to read into that statement? Shit, that sounds like a personal problem.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/106355146

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Schrodcat's November Releases

Here to signal-boost for my friend & collaborator again! <3 They've released a lot of horse goodies for free on their patreon, so check them out if you're so inclined~

Download [SchrodCat’s Patreon]

Credits & full TOU are on Schrod’s patreon, but just to re-iterate quickly; make sure to credit if you make any derivative CC from this, don’t paywall, etc.

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TS4 Bridles Blast

Just posting more of Schrod's content here since they don't have a tumblr! They've release two more sets of bridles;

English Bridles: Download [SchrodCat’s Patreon]

Bitless Set: Download [SchrodCat’s Patreon]

Credits & full TOU are on Schrod’s patreon, but just to re-iterate quickly; make sure to credit if you make any derivative CC from this, don’t paywall, etc.

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Schrodcat's released some more horse-y goodies on their Patreon whilst I'm on my break! I won't get in to too much of it, but some of my pets are not feeling 100% and it's a major stressor on me right now that is definitely keeping me from doing my full-timer eturn. Hopefully these releases tide you over in the meantime 👀

Dressage Bridles: Download [SchrodCat’s Patreon]

Saddleseat Set: Download [SchrodCat’s Patreon]

Credits & full TOU are on Schrod’s patreon, but just to re-iterate quickly; make sure to credit if you make any derivative CC from this, don’t paywall, etc.

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Will there be any western saddles converted from SSO to the sims 4? There is a saddle that I absolutely need, but I don’t know how to convert them myself.😭 specifically this saddle right here🥹

Ironically enough I also love this saddle & pad set so it is in my files LMAO - And I am definitely working on the western SSO saddle since I'm a western rider/fan primarily! It just needs,, a lot more extra work since those fenders are very much sized for little SSO avatar legs and not for actual Human/Sim proportions 🥲

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I hope you’re doing okay! Just sending some love <3 Can’t wait for your next drop, so far everything you’ve released has been an essential addition to my game :)

Indeed all is well! I'm just taking a break from doing anything taxing since I got burned out hard by my jobs IRL and my creativity took the brunt of that, but I'm getting better! + I have a big fancy trip for myself in a few months that I have to look forward to (but that also means I need to work more to make more money,,, shakes fist @ capitalism)

I still don't have a real timeline on when 'production' will resume but it definitely hasn't left my mind :]

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points aggressively @ y'all since yes i am still resting so i'm not productive at all right now, + i booked a big birthday trip for myself to Japan in November so i'm hyping about that and working even mORE to save up spending money,, i swear i'll be back soon lmao

SchrodCat made a large set of horse coats (which are actually custom muzzle swatches) to be used as bases when painting more realistic coats, & a large set of stencil shaders, so I'm spreading the good word and linking to the download!

Download [SchrodCat’s Patreon]

Credits & full TOU are on Schrod’s patreon, but just to re-iterate quickly; make sure to credit if you make any derivative CC from this, don’t paywall, etc.

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Any idea what the next release will be? :D

Not quite! TL;DR, I had a very rough August job-wise, and it has me deep in ADHD burnout, so I'm currently recovering now that I have some time off work so I'm focused on that and on feeling 100% again! I don't want to push myself before I feel ready to get back in the saddle (har) to continue releases — I anticipate being back in fighting shape in the next week or so hopefully!

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Would it be possible to make your coat override a cc item so we could use it on specific horses rather than all of them?

It would be possible, primarily as a custom fur preset - I personally am going to be waiting for MorphMaker to update before making it into a fur preset however since that would be an easier tool for me to use for it, as well as making other coat overrides for specific breeds.

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Would you ever make an overlay for werewolves? Basically no one has made alpha cc for werewolves (and the only overlay isn't hq compatible)

It's unlikely since I am mostly interested in horses, I never say never though. For other creators interested they'd just need to make a default replacement at least!

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prepare to be so sick of not seeing me

Because my Starfield early access starts today, so between that and GW2 and my IRL work I haven't had any time to work on CC 😭

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[SC] SSO Roached Mane Edit

Haha, so, turns out I am dying from IRL even more than I thought I'd be, but that's okay, it'll be over soon and I'll have more free time to finish our next set. I hope.

In the meantime as I struggle over balancing work and fun, Schrodcat threw together a few edits of the SSO Roached Mane in my upcoming first batch of SSO hair conversions and has posted it for download on his patreon (for free, ofc) as a sort of "teaser" to the upcoming set. S has been testing all of the manes as I pump them out so this set of tweaks was born from that!

If you're interested in a sampling of the SSO manes we have upcoming, check it out and download here;

Download [SchrodCat's Patreon]

Credits & full TOU are on Schrod's patreon, but just to re-iterate quickly; make sure to credit both of us + SSO (where the mesh originally came from) if you make any derivative CC from this, don't paywall, etc.

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There's a fix for this mane live on SchrodCat's Patreon now! <3

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Hello Minerva! Just wanted to ask if there's any horse cc for sims 4 that conflict with your AdultHorseRetexture_TEST file? I've had it since you basically made it and it's worked just fine but now it's not really showing up in game, esp the horse heads look very EA defaulty and basic. Pls help if you can/have time. Thx and love your work so, so much <3

Hi! I'm not sure, but any mods that specifically also replace those base coats will conflict. So I would double check that you don't have any other files installed that are also replacing those files since they won't play nice together.