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34F ❀ TS3 only ❀ achiever type bookworm • clumsy • cat person • night owl • adventurous • good sense of humor (diploma bonus)

[murkoose]

...I'd rather proceed with posting the Sims stuff here, but life can be distracting, to say the least of it, and pressing. My little daughter has recently been diagnosed with epilepsy, and I'm still to wrap my head around it.

Taking into account that I'm also an onco-wife, so to say, it feels like sometimes things are really over the top. I'm still overwhelmed. But we're moving on. So it goes.

Take care, everyone. And do check-ups. Promise me! :)

[murkoose]

I'm going to tell a bit about my vision of what Cronor can actually be for its inhabitants, but before that I want to share my love for its most authentic region. Though my sims came there already rich enough to settle in the Circuit or the Cronor Cluster, my favourite area to spend time and to observe has always been Wastelands.

It's a small district, not really one to get lost, but it may still make you feel this way.

However, when there's a will, there's a way, too.

Come and stay where every dog has its day.

[murkoose]

Magnificence of Decay: Cronor

Every time I load my current save it makes my heart soar - I'm still not used to how overwhelming the game can be, especially when the setting is one-of-a-kind.

I spent some time populating the mind-blowing Cronor by @crowkeeperthesimmer and @nornities by seemingly proper dwellers, and it feels like it has paid off.

Thank you for this gloomy yet mesmerizing world. :)

Taking into account that my sims who went on a one-way business trip to Cronor were technically Gen 0 and Gen 1, and at the moment I'm playing Gen 4 expecting their first child, I definitely have something to show and tell (and scream with delight), so there's more to come.

[murkoose]

5 Unobvious Things I Have Found In The Sims 3

There are already numerous guides and lists of what features and hidden gems this game has, so my small list definitely doesn't pretend to compete with them or whatsoever :D I just want to share my own findings that I haven't come across as proved things wherever online so far. They're all random and sorted by EP, of no practical value, but still!

Base Game:

1. When using normal coffeemakers, all available drinks usually have long and pretentious names. However, there's one trait that will let you see a unique option: if your sim has No Sense of Humor, their default option will be Plain Coffee, and they will see habitual wordy options only by looking for other options.

World Adventures:

2. If you're so "lucky" to be cursed by a mummy while already being cursed… you'll actually benefit from it as the timer of your curse moodlet will be set back to 14 days!

3. If two active sims will simultaneously dive into two interconnecting wells, they won't be able to do it - both of them will get out of the wells, and there will be a message (actually, two messages, one per every sim) telling that there's something in the way.

By the way, I've come across a situation in custom tombs when my sim couldn't dive into a well and got the same message. I've never had the same situation in original WA tombs and never learned what it was.

Pets:

4. If you click on a toddler book with a pet as an active sim, there'll be an option "Read…" - unfortunately, it's not implementable. :D

5. Sad but true: if a cat vomits, a dog can eat the… result of the cat's action afterwards.

So, this is it! I hope that these useless facts entertained you in the least, and if you feel that someone else might still make use of learning them, don't hesitate to spread the word. :)

[murkoose]

Adopt Stray With No LTR (Long-Term Relationship)

Meanwhile, I'm happy to share my simple tuning mod that solves the problem of stray adoption in The Sims 3. Now the option "Adopt Stray" is available right ahead, so there's no need to spend your lifetime on building a relationship with that cat or dog anymore!

ModTheSims - Adopt Stray With No LTR

@pis3update, @katsujiiccfinds and whoever else, I'll be grateful for sharing and spreading the word. :)

Happy adopting and simming!

[murkoose]

10 People I'd Like To Get To Know Better

Tagged by @dolikeyoufeel - that's very nice of you, thank you. :) I loved such things when I was at school, so why not!

(🎧) Last Song I Listened To: 5. März by Megaherz.

(🎨) Favorite Color (now): Coral and black.

(📺) Currently Watching: I don't watch series or TV shows, like, at all. The last movie I watched was Intouchables.

(🍽️) Sweet/Savory/Sour: I wanted to write "sweet" at first, but then realized that it's savory now - I don't have a sweet tooth any more. (I'm getting old 😭)

(📚) Currently Reading: I read tons of articles and alike every day, but can't say the same about books now… The last one I reread was Brave New World, but it's sort of my bedside book - I can read it whenever and from any page and never get tired of it.

(💖) Current Obsession: Room boxes. :)

(🔍) Last Google Search: Difference between average and median wage. 😁

(📝) Currently Working On: My documentation covering all the recipes in my Mods folder - I used to be a technical writer and am actually a fan of order, so I make documents for most things like that - and my health issues. It's been almost 4 years since I gave birth, and the echoes of that event are still here.

(🎈) Tag, You're It! I won't get 10 people either, but still: @nessysims @nessiepenguin @hakkyouchannel @hydro1st @echoweaver @simsdynastytree

[murkoose]

– You stand on the beach and taste the salty smell of the wind that comes from the ocean, and inside you feel the warmth of never ending freedom... (Knockin' on Heaven's Door, 1997)

Making a new start in overwhelming Al Medina by Zach Bundy :) let it be absurd, but this is how Morocco stole my heart actually -_-

[desiree-uk]

Using Expanded Active Households/Home mod by Savanita! 🏠

A new guide for Savanita's mod!

Download Expanded Active Household/Homes mod here! ◀ New updates: March 2026 New features including: * Visits and Stayovers * Active/Inactive Daycare * Ask any Sim to babysit! * Sim Needs>Handle Motives * A Daycare Marker (yellow rubberducky!) * Seperate bills! This mod requires Lazy Duchess’ MonoPatcher! 🏠 Click on the contents for the full, updated guide and more gameplay ideas!

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Table of Contents

1 - Brief Overview

2 - In-depth Play Guide of Different Scenarios

3 - Houses, Visits and Stayovers

4 - Apartments & Billing

5 - Student Housing

6 - Living On Community Lots

7 - Babysitters, Global Caregivers & Daycare

8 - Pets

9 - Complimentary Mods 

[murkoose]

Upon request of @nectar-cellar to show the issues with the neroli skin, whether old or new ones (TBD).

Update if anyone cares: all skins discussed in the comments are perfectly safe to use, since the issue is caused by Enhanced Bodies by jvsmith (ง •_•)ง (that was unexpected as hell, but still).

It seems that light skins look correctly both on faces and bodies, but darker ones turned out to be like this.

Upd: only the skin type selected on the screen is affected, and it supposedly relates to teens and elders.

[murkoose]

Luxor vibes be like:

My thrills when I discover another piece of beauty and admiration in this game be like:

(Gosh, I hope I'll never tire of it)

A vacation in luxurious Luxor by @wasset-aseskara!

[murkoose]

A livelier and messier home of some of my latest characters in intriguing Meredith Cove by @damienf519. I spent some time there running around all the tombs, as well as redoing the apartment for the family of my sims, which was fun.

That family was a bit more than meets the eye, as it was a remarriage for both him and her; each of the spouses had their own daughters from their first wedlocks, and they got a common daughter, too. I rarely let this sort of soap opera occur in my games, but this is how it turned out there. :D

So their home had to make allowance for the needs of everyone somehow.

Firstly, a couple of shared spaces.

What the family activities and hobbies were like seems to be quite clear.

Next comes the room of the eldest daughter, or "daddy's girl".

As it seems to me, the pictures explicitly show that somebody was enjoying her vivid and comfortable life, but also already expecting changes to come. :)

Here we have the room of the middle child.

She was a witch, having inherited her mother's power. She was also the one who immediately tied the knot and left parents' home on her full age, having never accepted her mother's will to remarry.

Next is the room of the youngest, fair-haired girl of the family, the only one who managed to grow up with both parents present.

Happy childhood without alloy.

Last, but not least is the master bedroom.

Look who's hiding over there!

So, this is it. I usually don't pay much attention to interior designs of my playable characters, but when I do so, I want to believe that, to some extent, this is a valid way to tell a little story, too.

[murkoose]

"Turning, she looked across the bay, and there, sure enough, coming regularly across the waves first two quick strokes and then one long steady stroke, was the light of the Lighthouse. It had been lit." — Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

Just a couple of views from a family trip of my adventurers' dynasty to the breathtaking Fratres by Suum Sim. This island is more of a one-time adventure than of a full-fledged world to live in, with the tombs really maddening, but it's definitely worth trying.

[murkoose]

Another safe haven just to look at and to feel chilled. Interiors of The Sims 3 have always been my best mental health counsellor, indeed.

Peach Drop, built by @celtysims and decorated by me.

[murkoose]

Yet another winter day In exciting Greymont Bay ❄︎

Merry Christmas to whom it may concern! 🎄

[murkoose]

New foods by @thebleedingwoodland are just awesome. Nuff said. :)

And his Asian foods are my definite favorite. So much detail and savour!

As far as I can see, most Western eating traditions mostly recognize cooked eggs as independent meals, and they're typically breakfasts. But, having been to Asia several times in times gone by, I really enjoyed their simple, but cool idea of adding a egg, fried or boiled depending on the course, to rice, meat or seafood and whatever else in order to enrich any meal and have it in its own way (it should definitely be an absolute standard in Japan, Indonesia, Philippines... I guess, many countries there).

Eat well, my sims! :)

[murkoose]

A bit of fooling around with the hospital premises in awesome Greymont Bay by @heavensims.

A visit to an ophtalmologist...

...to a cardiologist...

...to a, oh my, dentist...

...and it may come in handy to have a session with a mental health counsellor afterwards!

Do all bloodwork if needed...

...and it will be carefully processed later.

Different types of tomography are available, too.

There is a large room for nursing staff...

...who care for everyone in need, from baby to adult...

...especially if you get there from here.

And if you're more lucky today, you may still consider popping in for a plaster for all sores!

P. S. Not all, but most CC credits should be given to @aroundthesims, without whom all this medical splendor would never be possible.

[mercury101]

List of x to 3 Worlds

This list features worlds recreated in Sims 3 that originally appear in other games (including other titles in The Sims franchise) and various other works. It's not exhaustive, of course. If you know of any similar worlds, drop a comment and I'll keep updating the list.

The Sims 1

Simsville by @grandelama

The Sims (2000) by @philosimy

Maxis Island by flstrider

The Sims 2

Pleasantview

New Pleasantview by @franglishetchocolat

Pleasantview Recreation by @eliasctifler

Pleasantview by @boringbones (Save File for this world by @gkfkfkfk)

Pleasantview by @lucky-palms

Pleasantview by Pleasant Sims

Pleasantview by tj19941994

Pleasantview by krrank

Pleasantview by psychedelicsim

Pleasantview Valley by doublemedion694

Montsimpa - Pleasantview by SimsDream

Vista Gentil by Rl0711

Strangetown

Strangetown by aaronrogers8i3

Strangetown by @simmortalityscreations

Strangetown by Fekakaa

Strangetown by Cinksims

Strangetown by joedy_76

Strangetown by kimabc3

Strangeview by @elleshie-plays

Veronaville

Veronaville by @danjaley

Veronaville by psychedelicsim

Sim State University

Neighborly Sim State by psychedelicsim

Downtown

Sims2City by LadysimPlayer8

Riverblossom Hills

Riverblossom Hills by kiwi_tea

Three Lakes

Three Lakes by SimValera

Twikkii Island

Twikkii Island by Rflong7

Twikkii Island by Cinksims

Belladonna Cove

Belladonna Cove by Pallypoo

The Sims 3 Console

Moonlight Bay

Moonlight Bay Re-create by aosaku999 (Save File for this world by @spell-bloom)

Sugar Maple Coast

Sugar Maple Coast by @project-smc

The Sims 4

Willow Creek

Willow Creek by @boringbones

Willow Creek by @asianabox

StrangerVille

Strangestville by possoms

Desperate Housewives

Wisteria Lane - Fairview by rac2703

Fairview by psychocostums

Wisteria Lane by wisteriabrayan

Discworld

Ankh-Morpork by calinselene

EarthBound

Onett by bloodphenix

Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones World by calinselene

Grand Theft Auto

Vice CIty by freshprincecreations

Angel City (Los Santos) by Coasterboi

Harry Potter

Hogwarts by wisteriabryan (Save File for this world by @ri-el)

Pottersport by kayjayme813

Howl's Moving Castle

Kingsbury by AnnetStore

The Lord of the Rings

Middle-Earth by @sims3medieval

Matter of Britain

Avalon by votenga

Silent Hill

Silent Hill by evinfilms

The Simpsons

Springfield by wisteriabrayan

Skyrim

Helm Mountains by @sims3cult

Star Wars

Tatooine by @radisims

Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley by @bryalba

Timaeus And Critias by Plato

Atlantis Renaissance by Judy Sims

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Land of Oz by KarilynMonroe2

World of Warcraft

Darnassus by SandraKB