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I am currently creating a REST ini that prevents ReShade's AO from clipping through the alpha/hair with transparency. So hopefully I won't have to hide its flaws in my presets anymore with this. Also if someone else has done this I won't upload it. (I am not focusing on UI with this)

I've also messed around with two new shaders and I think it looks cool so I might turn it into a preset.

There are also a bunch of things I want to finish such as ts3 & ts4 presets and WIP things I've created. The sims 3 preset has been giving me a lot of trouble when trying to turn it into a lut (I might just upload it without trying to make a lut out of the color corrections).

Also before I post anything I want to create a pdf file with all of the mods/cc/presets (with links) I've created with jxl's as the images. Which tumblr doesn't support currently, so jpeg's it is for now to save space. :C

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did you have an unaffected ui for ts4 or am i mistaken?

Nope, but you can find Clean UI by vyxated for both dx9 and dx11 versions of the game

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Currently creating a shader toggler ini (not rest) that disables a few things of the game

Hiding the UI (can use the tab mode like the sims 4 without the ui. The floating head also has the same problem as when trying to hide the sims and most likely pets):

Hiding walls (the hidden outside wall messes with pools):

Hiding Sims (Not sure if I will continue as it seems that there are multiple different shaders for sims, and a tiny box in their heads. I also don't have pets, into the future or all of the extra worlds/stuff so I wouldn't be able to hide those sim's stuff/shaders [except the pets add-on/expansion I can]):

I am also not sure how other platform versions of the game will act as well since I am using the windows version. I also haven't tested different game settings yet either.

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[OLDER POST'S RESOURCES] - Pre 2022 (dunno exact date & only applies to TS4)

MultiLuts I Use

Full Bloom MultiLUT For ReShade & Full Bloom MultiLUT 2.0 (pictureamoebae)

I definitely wouldn’t have made what I've made so far without having used their LUT’s to take many photos, and wouldn’t have known how to use ReShade.

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Orange Blossom V2 ReShade Preset

Updated the preset to be less bright and dark on sims.

Orig. Orange Blossom Preset

Images use HQ Mod & Better In-Game Lighting Mod (Bright Base Dark Rooms Ver.)

Installation

Dowload the latest ReShade or having ReShade (GShade may work with this preset but idk, probably renaming the files from Gposingway Shaders to match GShade's files could work).

When installing shaders for ReShade, select none of them except ReShade itself (grayed out box).

Then install the Gposingway Shaders (The zip file they provide in the releases), moving them to the location where you installed ReShade. You'd then place the folders in the correct place (files in the game's bin folder) while also replacing anything it asks you to.

Then download this preset and place it wherever your keep your ini's (presets).

!! In-game make sure Post Processing and Edge Smoothing is off in the Graphics Settings. You'd also want to check whether ReShade has been setup properly for correct ambient occlusion and etc. !!

sfs <- download

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Unaffected UI - ReShade

REST ini for TS3 (REST 32x v1.2.3)

What this does? This edited ini file from REST allows the UI in the game to be viewable while using ReShade presets.

Warning: ReShade will flicker between no shader being found and it finding the shader again when loading I believe and possibly during other times as well.

Installation:

Install ReShade normally for TS3, at least making sure it is 5.8+ in order to use REST (you may need to select TS3W.exe, dunno if it makes a difference vs selecting TS3.exe though).

Important!! - When selecting ReShade's addons, don't select ReshadeEffectShaderToggle as it won't work on 32x nicely. Download the specified version of REST from the creators github instead, which will be linked in the step below. This will save you some frustration.

2. Then download ReshadeEffectShaderToggle v1.2.3 (release.zip file, Important!!), placing the content inside (step 3) it in the games bin folder. (There are other versions that work nicely with 32x version of ReShade but this one plays more nicely with shaders in the game. I will test to see at later dates to find one that works nicer if possible. [I don't think the version you use matters too much but v1.3.0 works I believe as well])

3. Place only the file "ReshadeEffectShaderToggler.addon32" in your games bin folder where you downloaded ReShade to. If you are on GShade and it's ReShade v5.0+ Equivalent (5.8+ required for REST v1.2.3), place it into your addons folder.

4. Download the addon .ini file here that's edited for ts3

sfs <- download

5. Then place "ReshadeEffectShaderToggler.ini" (The file from this post/sfs) into the same place as "ReshadeEffectShaderToggler.addon32"

This version of GShade v3.5 doesn't work with REST unless a version is made by someone for it (This goes for the regular GShade equivalent and older version of GShades). I don't recommend using official verions of GShade, especially the newer ones.

In-Game:

Make sure that anti-aliasing/edge smoothing is disabled in the in-game setting or Reshade effects will turn off with the REST ini after loading a save ( most likely the REST toggle shader I enabled is tied to the anti-aliasing shader of ts3).

Setting Up ReShade Properly & Enabling REST:

In the global preprocessor definitions, set it to look exactly like this in order to get ambient occlusion and etc. working properly. vvv

2. go into the "Add-ons" tab of ReShade, ticking ReShade Effect Shader Toggler on and then making sure the Toggle Group 1 or "TS3 Pixel Shaders" on the left, is activated.

Something Neat:

When hiding the UI with "F10" the shader toggle group doesn't affect that part of the game and your ReShade/GShade preset should be back to normal. (Tested on REST v1.3.0 I believe)

Downsides (Not REST's fault):

Existing Presets will need to be tweaked back to original form.

Some shaders may not work properly (maybe more than some dunno).

If you want to use existing presets without them looking wrong, you can disable the Toggle Group at anytime (one you activated in above picture).

Compatibility:

REST doesn't work properly with dxvk. It could also be the latest version of REST I tested which doesn't show up in the addons in-game, or the specific version in their github I linked to, which isn't working properly (shaders do show up in toggle groups though but that's as far as it works correctly).

References Used:

Clear UI by vyxated

Tutorial by Redronn

More by Me:

FO4 Version by me

Credits:

4lex4nder for creating ReShadeEffectShaderToggler

Frans Bouma for creating ShaderToggler

ReShade & ReShade Community

Clear UI by vyxated as reference

Tutorial by Redronn as reference

Affinity Photo & Designer for Title & Text Images

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Permissions

When re-uploading and/or incorporating files:

Do what ever you want with my presets & files (Ex: Re-upload, Edit, Tweak), unless something isn't mine. (When I state "to refer to original authors credits" or something similar. You'd need to follow their Permissions/TOU instead.)

You don't have to provide credit towards me but it would be nice.

You don’t need to include my username as credit; a link back to the original post would be fine.

!! If I credit anyone, you will also need to provide credits towards them. (I may also update credits if needed) !!

Images that I've uploaded

do NOT use any of my images I post for AI training, generation and or anything to do with AI.

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Current Resources

TS4 Creators CC I use (2024 & 2025)

Female Hairs:

Leah Lillith, Java Sims, Ade, Hezeh

Male Hairs:

MOOOD, Maoni Cat, Hezeh

Clothing [Both Genders]:

Gorillax3

Poses:

xiuminuwu, ssiat

Tools & Enhancements:

Some links will take you off tumblr

HQ Mod by sims4hq

HQ Switch by jwofles

TOOL by TwistedMexi

Entire K series by K-hippie

Will add more as I rebuild/add more cc to my cc folders and sort my unorganized cc folders

Older lists can be found on my tumblr desktop page under navigation

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My favorite sims 3 world, could play here for hours lol.

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From GShade to ReShade:

For those who want to switch to ReShade after the incident but are worried about loosing all of your GShade presets, can use these helpful links to ease your transition (especially if you've already switched).

ReShade 2023: How I Fixed ALL My GShade Presets!

by Lady Sweet Tart

Includes helpful information on how to get mxao to work properly on reshade for ts4 and also includes a link to popular AO's used in most Gshade presets.

Switching to Reshade from GShade for those having trouble, 2023 Reshade Installing

by CarbySlippers

This is an extremely helpful post containing steps/information on how to uninstall GShade and transition over to Reshade from Gshade while being able to continue to use your Gshade Presets.

(they also include a backup of Gshades shaders/textures if you didn't back it up from yours. Also don't use the script to uninstall Gshade linked there, as they tell you to use it at your own risk and I wouldn't trust it. Uninstalling it manually by following the steps does the trick.)

IpsuShade's Github

by Ipsusu

Is a very cool Reshade/Gshade preset, and also includes helpful information in their troubleshooting section near the bottom that may be helpful if you are having a problem with something in Reshade after switching.

(You can ignore everything else bellow as this is mainly for my Gshade Presets)

My Updated Gshade presets:

For my Gshade presets I've fixed Once In a Fairytale and Belladonna's Vengeance, seperating their different varieties into different ini's and saved the rest in Reshade. I've also included a read me .txt file with the links from above with and listed all of the shaders/textures you need for my presets to work.

(Orange Blossom will look off since the MultiLut didn't wan't to work with it, though you can try to get it to work with the original that wasn't saved in Reshade if you want here.)

[sfs] <- download

(I won't be supporting/revisiting them anymore but feel free to tweak them and reupload the ini's)

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Gshades used:

Silver Shores V2 (First column of the first two rows [their skin is pink] )

Orange Blossoms (Second column of first two rows, including the bottom image with color space curves ticked off {bottom image has color space curves ticked off [I believe] } )

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Once In a Fairytale Gshade Preset

Gshade preset that contains two flairs with lessened chromatic aberration depending on tastes (as seperate flairs). The flair Ancient Sea consists of a lot of red hues, while Dreaded Marsh has more light green hues.

This preset contains a multilut, mxao, bloom, cmaa2 and other effects.

Toggleables:

MultiLut = [ ; ]

prod80_04_SelectiveColor = [ \ ]

Chromatic Aberration = [ ' ]

Preset Flairs:

Important!!

Make sure to have performance mode ticked off on gshade when using any flairs

[sfs] <- download