riskywoohoo

jess. 30, mom, software girlie, simmer. historically ts3, currently ts4.

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the adhd urge to immediately scrap the thing I'm working on because i saw one (1) cool mod that doesn't fit my story at all

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update: I have decided that I need 2 saves to play because APITW is too dark/heavy to play around my a kid

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A Place In This World - Chapter 2

have i known you 20 seconds or 20 years?

beginning

Transcription below.

Juliette: Comfort album or crisis album?

Mary-Kate: Isn't it the same thing, sometimes?

Juliette: ... Fair point. Wouldn't say it's a country record though.

... You just get in?

Mary-Kate: Is it that obvious?

Juliette: The wide-eyed wonder kind of gives it away.

Mary-Kate: Hah. One week. Still figuring it all out.

Juliette: I'm at a year and a half. You'll adjust. I'm Juliette, by the way.

Mary-Kate: I-I'm MK, short for Mary-Kate. It's nice to meet you.

Juliette: Likewise. Expats have to stick together, right?

... Speaking of... you should come out with me and my friends tonight. There's a little club we like, good music, good vibes.

Mary-Kate: ... A club? I've, uh, never been to a club. I wouldn't even know what to wear.

Juliette: Even better! Firsts are fun. Nothing too wild, I promise. Just wear something that doesn't say "I grew up on a farm".

Mary-Kate: Hah. A little too late for that.

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Compromised Accounts on SFS

At least two creator accounts on SimFileShare are compromised (SimAndy, TheNinthWaveSim). Downloads may include executable .bat and .exe files (which obviously CC should not!!). For now, consider not downloading from SFS.

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the adhd urge to immediately scrap the thing I'm working on because i saw one (1) cool mod that doesn't fit my story at all

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APITW - a ts4 story by riskywoohoo ♥

i’ll be strong, i’ll be wrong, but life goes on

🛑 trigger warnings for: emotionally intense and complicated relationships, exploration of identity + boundaries + belonging, tastefully blurred sexual themes and intimacy; moments of tension, conflict, and personal reckoning, and occasional adult language and social drinking.

Mary-Kate McPherson was raised to be good. Nineteen years old and home-schooled on her family’s cattle and horse farm, she grew up under the watchful eye of a strict, deeply devout household where faith was everything and obedience was love. But when she lands in a far-off city under the guise of a religious pilgrimage, what begins as escape slowly becomes awakening. MK finds herself caught between versions of who she’s been told to be and who she might become.

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A Place In This World - Chapter 2

have i known you 20 seconds or 20 years?

beginning

Transcription below.

Juliette: Comfort album or crisis album?

Mary-Kate: Isn't it the same thing, sometimes?

Juliette: ... Fair point. Wouldn't say it's a country record though.

... You just get in?

Mary-Kate: Is it that obvious?

Juliette: The wide-eyed wonder kind of gives it away.

Mary-Kate: Hah. One week. Still figuring it all out.

Juliette: I'm at a year and a half. You'll adjust. I'm Juliette, by the way.

Mary-Kate: I-I'm MK, short for Mary-Kate. It's nice to meet you.

Juliette: Likewise. Expats have to stick together, right?

... Speaking of... you should come out with me and my friends tonight. There's a little club we like, good music, good vibes.

Mary-Kate: ... A club? I've, uh, never been to a club. I wouldn't even know what to wear.

Juliette: Even better! Firsts are fun. Nothing too wild, I promise. Just wear something that doesn't say "I grew up on a farm".

Mary-Kate: Hah. A little too late for that.

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I realize this is a brand new take and that I have obvi become an exclusively ts4 blog but I can't help but still be bothered by how much better ts3 is 10 years later

I wish EA being all in on ts4 instead of going into ts5 meant that it would evolve into a mix of the two. Patterns, custom lots and worlds, sims being manipulatable objects that are easy to pose, vehicles, the whole deal. ts4 is great in so many ways but as a sequel it falls short.

thanks for coming to my ted talk - off to edit ep2.

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vlad just broke into MK's place and mesmerized her... and just did nothing afterwards? stole some clay from her? chatted about fashion? pop off, vlad.

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AS SOON AS I MADE HIM LEAVE SHE ACTUALLY GOT ROBBED ffs

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vlad just broke into MK's place and mesmerized her... and just did nothing afterwards? stole some clay from her? chatted about fashion? pop off, vlad.

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A Place In This World - Chapter 1

the air was cold, but somehow it felt like home

Her rented apartment is quiet in the way that feels full, not empty. MK steps inside with flushed cheeks and suitcase wheels scuffed from cobblestones. The studio's floors are warm wood, the windows tall.

It’s small, but charming—sunlight on the countertop, a crooked vase in the windowsill, a stack of mismatched mugs. She spins once in the middle of the room, arms out, then laughs at herself. No one to see. No one to say no.

In the bathroom, she turns on the shower and peels off her travel-stiff clothes. The mirror is fogging fast, but she catches a glimpse of herself—barefaced, wide-eyed, braver than she expected to be.

Reemerging clothed in her favorite soft cardigan, she braces herself against her bed and says, quietly, "I'm here."

And she is.

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APITW - a ts4 story by riskywoohoo ♥

i’ll be strong, i’ll be wrong, but life goes on

🛑 trigger warnings for: emotionally intense and complicated relationships, exploration of identity + boundaries + belonging, tastefully blurred sexual themes and intimacy; moments of tension, conflict, and personal reckoning, and occasional adult language and social drinking.

Mary-Kate McPherson was raised to be good. Nineteen years old and home-schooled on her family’s cattle and horse farm, she grew up under the watchful eye of a strict, deeply devout household where faith was everything and obedience was love. But when she lands in a far-off city under the guise of a religious pilgrimage, what begins as escape slowly becomes awakening. MK finds herself caught between versions of who she’s been told to be and who she might become.

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world building is taking longer than anticipated, so in lieu of sim related updates I offer the best girl instead

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not me maxxing out all the settings in gshade and spending at least an hour watching tutorials to figure out why my DOF settings weren't changing and then eventually having an epiphany that my edge smoothing is on

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hello, I'm here for my semi-annual "I am gonna play TS4" check-in.

on last year's episode, I spent like a full week making lots/sims for a SLOMW-adjacent playthrough. there was a twist, and I remember what the twist was, but I can't remember how it was implemented.

...so basically I've played myself

will report back once I figure it out

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friendly reminder to register to vote!

each state's online registration deadline varies, but they're likely closing within the next 7-10 days.

I nearly missed registering to vote in my new state thinking I could just do it online the day before!

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I've spent the last few days going back and forth about the lot I'm building for my story and like... I originally decided that I wanted to leave the EA-built house and just redecorate but I genuinely hate it, it's too big

and after all that, we will rebuild

see you in 4-8 business days

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my simblr is (checks notes) like 250 business years old and I've realized that most of the blogs I follow are inactive, so if I recently followed you, uh- hi?

I've downloaded so much cc over the last few days that I think my computer might give up, but I believe I'm going to start two saves - a full on written story that I can use cute poses etc in, and a gameplay save, which I can just blast through and not really edit/write about (but maybe post? idk). it'll allow me to satisfy my ADHD brain and go back and forth between gameplay & hyperfocused storytelling.

that's all, have a nice day